Trump: ‘God saved me to make America great again’
from Religion Media Centre:
Donald Trump, inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, said God had saved him from assassination in order to make America great again.
In his inaugural address, he said the country “would not forget their God” and would be respected throughout the world, including by people of religion, faith and good will. In a departure from tradition, he did not place his hand on the Bible to be sworn in, despite it being held next to him.
Prayers were said by Cardinal Timothy Dolan and the Rev. Franklin Graham, son of the US evangelist Billy Graham, who praised God for saving Trump’s life and “raising him with strength and power”.
Over the past four years, he was sure Trump had been through dark times: “But look what God has done”, he said. Rabbi Ari Berman, Pastor Lorenzo Sewell and the Rev Frank Mann led the benediction prayers, but Imam Husham Al-Husainy was unexpectedly missing. Earlier Trump, his family, advisers and the leaders of Meta, Google, Amazon and X, attended a service for the incoming president. Report by Jack Jenkins from the Religion News Service, here.
In his inauguration speech Trump declared national emergencies on energy and immigration, promised to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, vowed to take back the Panama Canal, promised to end diversity programmes and said only two genders will be recognised – male and female. Last night he signed 78 presidential executive orders, undoing Biden policies.
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