Lord Jagannath Saved Donald Trump: ISKCON Official On Assassination Bid

ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) has claimed that former US President Donald Trump's survival of an assassination attempt was due to divine intervention by Lord Jagannath.

ISKCON spokesperson Radharamn Das linked this to Trump's assistance with the first Rathayatra festival in New York 48 years ago, stating, "Yes, for sure it's a divine intervention. Exactly 48 years ago, Donald Trump saved the Jagannath Rathayatra festival. Today, as the world celebrates the Jagannath Rathayatra festival again, Trump was attacked, and Jagannath returned the favour by saving him."

Das detailed Trump's involvement, explaining, "In July 1976, Donald Trump helped ISKCON devotees organize Rathayatra by providing his train yard for the construction of the raths for free. Today, as the world celebrates the 9-day Jagannath Rathayatra festival, this terrible attack on him and his narrow escape show Jagannath's intervention."

He further elaborated on the challenges faced by ISKCON at the time, stating, "Nearly 48 years ago, when the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) was planning to organise the first Rath Yatra in New York City, challenges were galore. While the grant of parade permit at the Fifth Avenue was nothing short of a miracle, finding a huge empty site where chariots could be built was also never going to be easy. They knocked at the doors of every person possible, but in vain. It was then that the former US president Donald Trump emerged as a ray of hope for the Krishna devotees."

Trump, the former US President and current Republican nominee for the presidential election, was attacked at an election rally in Pennsylvania, sustaining a minor injury to his right ear.