Trump has also expressed scorn and contempt for evangelicals, plenty of times

I personally know at least three die-hard Trumpers who respond to everything like this with "But he's just joking!" That's how motivated reasoning works.

Trump loathes Christians and mocks their faith, but pretends to believe if it suits his purposes.

In Disloyal, published (September 8, Michael) Cohen shows how Trump is a master deceiver. He quotes Trump calling Christianity and its religious practices “bullshit,” then soon after masterfully posing as a fervent believer. In truth, Cohen writes, Trump’s religion is unbridled lust for money and power at any cost to others.

Cohen’s insider stories add significant depth to my own documentation of Trump’s repeated and public denouncements of Christians as “fools,” “idiots” and “schmucks.” - DC Report