Trump reads from Bible in Oval Office in taped message for Christian group | Donald Trump
Just days after clashing with Pope Leo
The event, titled America Reads the Bible, was envisioned as “a sacred opportunity to call our nation back to its spiritual foundation,” according to its website.
Trump read from 2 Chronicles 7:11-22: “If my people, who are called by my name, humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins and will heal their land.” video message It was recorded in the Oval Office of the White House with the presidential flag behind him.
Great American Media, a Texas-based company that creates family and faith content, broadcast the reading live from Washington, DC.
The Family Policy Alliance Foundation, a conservative lobby group, organized a week-long Bible reading marathon through its ministry called Christians Engaged. The foundation has pushed to defund abortion providers and restrict medical care for transgender people. Other Trump administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, are also expected to attend.
“We are making a statement this week as America reads the Bible, there is so much in the Bible that we can gain wisdom and understanding, there is so much that can heal our families, that can lift us out of depression and anxiety, that can heal our inner cities and heal our lands… I believe the president is saying this specifically by reading this scripture,” said Bunni Pounds, founder of Christians Engaged. said Fox News Digital last week.
Trump’s emergence follows a series of recent moves that have been closely scrutinized and sowed division among his religious supporters.
In early April, the president came under huge criticism for threatening to destroy Iranian civilization while pressing the country to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil tankers.
Pope Leo XIV warned Trump’s remarks were deemed “truly unacceptable” and the president reacted on social media. on April 12 Real Social to mailTrump called the first American-born pope “weak on crime” and “terrible on foreign policy.” He also said that the pope was elected only so that the college of cardinals could do him a favor.
The conversation brought renewed focus to Trump’s childhood, when the politician attended a Manhattan church led by a priest who opposed John F. Kennedy’s presidential candidacy because of his Catholic beliefs.
Negative results from the broadside have put the Republican party in a difficult position as lawmakers try to boost support before the 2026 midterm elections. recently order The poll found that more than eight in 10 American Catholics view Leo favorably.
The president also recently found himself in the crosshairs of some prominent Christian allies after he released an AI-generated image depicting him as Jesus tending to a sick, bed-bound man. Some conservative supporters called the meme blasphemous. Answering journalists’ questions about the post, which was later deleted, Trump said he thought it portrayed him as a doctor.
Despite incendiary statements and a hush-hush scandal involving a former porn actor, evangelical Christians remain a core voting bloc for Trump.
He promised to “bring Christianity back” on the 2024 campaign tour. It increasingly blurred the line between state and church.
Last year, he established a Religious Liberty Commission tasked with evaluating voluntary prayer time in public schools and the first amendment rights of chaplains, among other issues. Dan Patrick, the Texas lieutenant governor who chairs the commission, recently mocked Democrats as the “anti-God left.”
