President Donald Trump told the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Thursday that he wants the United States to “bring religion back,” weeks into a term that has already seen him offer up red meat for his Christian conservative base.
During a careening speech—Trump said he enjoyed attending a 1957 New York Crusade event put on by evangelist Billy Graham at Yankee Stadium more than any baseball game—he claimed an added dose of religion in America will inspire Democrats and Republicans to eat lunch together.
“We have to bring religion back,” the president told a bipartisan audience, which included lawmakers from both major parties. “We have to bring it back much stronger. It’s one of the biggest problems that we’ve had over the last fairly long period of time. We have to bring it back.”
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