“However, Trump never set himself up as a saintly figure . . .”
And the Rev. Jeremiah Wright never set himself up as a saintly figure.
So, your point is?
No need for him to represent himself in such a light.
No "national" figures have represented Trump as a Second Coming. Farrakhan said of 0bamao: "Barack Obama has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn’t care anything about. That’s a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking."
Cruz has his Beck, who still claims Cruz is a messianic figure.