In 2015 Lance Wallnau heard a “tick-tick-ticking” sound in his left ear. It was the voice of the Holy Spirit, telling him that the 45th chapter of the Book of Isaiah would reveal the identity of the 45th president. He consulted the text, which is about Cyrus, a pagan king anointed by God to rescue Jews from captivity in Babylon. It stood to reason that the “heathen from Queens” had been similarly anointed. Before the election Mr Wallnau published “God’s Chaos Candidate”, likening Donald Trump to a divine “wrecking ball”.