This reminds me of a few passages from Michael Cohen's book:
"He could lie directly to the faces of some of the most powerful religious leaders in the country and the believed him - or decided to believe him, a distinction with a real difference. Trump was imperfect, they knew, with his multiple marriages and carefully cultivated reputation as a womanizer. But he knew what they realled cared about - the core, core, core beliefs."
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"He didn't care about religion. Homosexuals, divorce, the break-up of the nuclear family - he'd say whatever they wanted to hear, and they'd hear what they wanted to hear."
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“Can you believe that bullshit?” Trump said, with incredulity, referring to the ritual [wherein religious leaders put their hands on Trump and pray] and the evangelicals. “Can you believe people believe that bullshit?”
Disloyal: A Memoir, Michael Cohen