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  "path": "/post/210563/trump-treated-evangelical-supporters-like-dogs-weekend-prayer-festival-golf",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T15:30:03.000Z",
  "site": "https://newrepublic.com",
  "tags": [
    "Breaking News",
    "Politics",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Christianity",
    "Christian Right",
    "christian nationalism",
    "250th Anniversary",
    "America 250",
    "Freedom 250",
    "golf",
    "prayer festival",
    "America250",
    "prerecorded",
    "message",
    "Bible reading",
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    "his motorcade",
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  "textContent": "Instead of attending his administration’s nine-hour prayer festival on Sunday, President Trump decided to play golf at his club in northern Virginia.\n\nRather than speak at the Christian nationalist event, held as part of the America250 celebrations for the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Trump instead sent a prerecorded video message where he read from the Biblical scripture 2 Chronicles 7:11-22, recycling a video he made last month for a marathon Bible reading organized by a Texas supporter.\n\nOn Truth Social, Trump barely mentioned the festival, posting a note at 8:30 am Sunday saying “I HOPE EVERYBODY AT REDEDICATE 250 IS HAVING A GOOD TIME. IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP, JUST HAVE OUR BEAUTIFUL, BOTH INSIDE AND OUT, RACHAEL C.D., GIVE ME A CALL. I’M BACK FROM CHINA!!! President DJT.” For some reason, the post appeared to mention Rachel Campos-Duffy, the wife of Transportation Secretary Chris Duffy and a co-host on _Fox and Friends Weekend_.\n\nDespite enjoying strong support from evangelical Christians in the U.S. and regularly professing his Christian faith, Trump does not appear to have attended any church services since his second inauguration in January 2025. On Easter Sunday, he opted to skip attending religious services and instead drove with his motorcade around the site of his proposed “Triumphal Arch.\n\nTrump has provoked religious ire by repeatedly posting photos comparing himself to Jesus and picking fights with Pope Leo XIV. The backlash to the president has been strong in these cases, and may have even provoked the man who attacked the White House Correspondents Dinner last month. The president, however, has continued to golf and post through it all with no regard for consequences.",
  "title": "Trump Treated His Evangelical Supporters Like Dogs This Weekend"
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