Chris Matthews Compares Trump to Satan, Americans Making a ‘Deal With the Devil’

[See NewsBusters for more.] What was Chris Matthews thinking about in the moments before the State of the Union? Politics? Policy? Nope. He was explaining to the MSNBC audience how Donald Trump is like Satan and Americans are making a “deal with the devil” if they reelect him. Referencing the temptation of Christ by Satan, Matthews said of Americans: “[Trump] will tell us why we should love him. He will promise us the world if we only bow down and worship him. If this sounds familiar, it's happened before. You may have read about it before, probably in church. It's the classic deal with the devil.” Later, as Melania Trump walked in, just moments before the speech, Matthews was still fixated with Satan and Americans who might reelect the President: “I think the people that like him should consider the bargain they've made here. It is a diabolic bargain. They’re getting the worst with the good and they’ve chosen that, according to our latest number. We got something like over 50 percent — in fact high into the early, small 60s that they in fact love his economic stewardship. They love it.”