>>> DWIGHT EISENHOWER WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL
PRAYER BREAKFAST IN WASHINGTON.
WHICH WAS A MINOR ENTRY ON THE
PRESIDENT’S SCHEDULE AT THAT
TIME.
TIME. AND HAS SINCE BECOME A HIGHLY
POLITICIZED EVENT THAT EVERY
PRESIDENT FEELS COMPELLED TO
ATTEND.
ATTEND. IT’S ALWAYS AN ATTEMPT BY A
PRESIDENT TO DEMONSTRATE HIS
RELIGIOSITY.
RELIGIOSITY. AND NO PRESIDENT HAS DONE A LESS
CREDIBLE JOB THAN DONALD TRUMP.
HERE HE IS TODAY.
>> AS PRESIDENT I WILL ALWAYS
CHERISH HONOR AND PROTECT THE
BELIEVERS WHO UPLIFT OUR
COMMUNITIES AND SUSTAIN OUR
NATION.
NATION. >> REALLY?
>> REALLY? >> DONALD J. TRUMP IS CALLING
FOR A TOTAL AND COMPLETE
SHUTDOWN OF MUSLIMS ENTERING THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. UNTIL OUR COUNTRY’S
REPRESENTATIVES CAN FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON.
>> HERE IS MORE FROM THE
PRESIDENT’S TELEPROMPTER TODAY.
>> MY ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO
SPEAKING OUT AGAINST RELIGIOUS
PERSECUTION AROUND THE WORLD.
INCLUDING AGAINST RELIGIOUS
MINORITIES, CHRISTIANS AND THE
JEWISH COMMUNITY.
JEWISH COMMUNITY. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> REALLY?
>> REALLY? >> DONALD J. TRUMP IS CALLING
FOR A TOTAL AND COMPLETE
SHUTDOWN OF MUSLIMS ENTERING THE
UNITED STATES UNTIL OUR
COUNTRY’S REPRESENTATIVES CAN
FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL IS
GOING ON.
GOING ON. >> THE PRESIDENT CREATED SOME
CONTROVERSY TODAY WHEN HE SAID
THIS --
THIS -- >> SINCE THE FOUNDING OF OUR
NATION, MAYBE OF OUR GREATEST
STRIDES FROM GAINING OUR
INDEPENDENCE TO ABOLITION OF
CIVIL RIGHTS, TO EXTENDING THE
VOTE FOR WOMEN HAVE BEEN LED BY
PEOPLE OF FAITH AND STARTED IN
PRAYER
PRAYER PRAYER.
PRAYER. >> TWITTER LIT UP WITH PEOPLE
SAYING ABOLITION OF CIVIL
RIGHTS?
RIGHTS? THE WHITE HOUSE LATER RELEASED A
TRANSCRIPT OF THE SPEECH WHAT
THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY SAID AND
WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO SAY IF HE COULD JUST
READ A TELEPROMPTER CORRECTLY.
THE LINE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE,
SINCE THE FOUNDING OF OUR
NATION, MANY OF OUR GREATEST
STRIDES FROM GAINING OUR
INDEPENDENCE TO ABOLITION TO
CIVIL RIGHTS, TO EXTENDING THE
VOTE FOR WOMEN HAVE BEEN LED BY
PEOPLE OF FAITH AND STARTED IN
PRAYER.
PRAYER. SO YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE,
WHICH I LEAVE TO YOU.
DID DONALD TRUMP PURPOSELY SAY
ABOLITION OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO
THRILL SOME OR MOST TRUMP
SUPPORTERS.
SUPPORTERS. OR DID THE WORST TELEPROMPTER
READER IN THE HISTORY OF THE
PRESIDENCY SIMPLY MAKE A
MISTAKE.
MISTAKE. YOU GET TO MAKE UP YOUR MINDS
ABOUT THIS.
ABOUT THIS. HAVING MADE ENOUGH TELEPROMPTER
MISTAKES MYSELF, I’M GOING TO
HAVE TO LET HE OR SHE WHO HAS
NEVER MADE A TELEPROMPTER
MISTAKE CAST THE FIRST STONE ON
THIS.
THIS. LET’S LOOK AT WHAT HE JUST SAID
THERE.
THERE. LED BY PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN
GOD AND PRAYED.
SLAVERY WAS CREATED BY PEOPLE
WHO BELIEVED IN GOD AND PRAYED.
AND THE TREASONOUS WAR AGAINST
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LED
BY ROBERT E. LEE AND OTHER
CONFEDERATE GENERALS WAS LED BY
PEOPLE AND FOUGHT BY PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVED IN GOD AND PRAYED.
THE CONFEDERATE ARMY PRAYED FOR
THEIR SUCCESS IN KILLING ANYONE
WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THEIR RIGHT
TO OWN HUMAN BEINGS.
TODAY THE PRESIDENT FOUND JUST
ONE PASSAGE FROM THE BIBLE IN
HIS TELEPROMPTER, IT WAS, OF
COURSE, FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT.
AND IT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE THE
ONLY PASSAGE IN THE BIBLE THAT
DONALD TRUMP HAS PUBLICLY PROVED
THAT HE REALLY BELIEVES IN AND
REALLY DOES TRY TO LIVE BY.
>> AS JESUS PROMISES IN THE
BIBLE, ASK, AND YOU WILL
RECEIVE.
RECEIVE. AND YOUR JOY WILL BE COMPLETE.
>> IT ALWAYS WORKED THAT WAY FOR
DONALD TRUMP, AND HIS FATHER.
HIS FATHER MADE HIM A
MILLIONAIRE IN HIS OWN RIGHT
WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY.
LONG BEFORE DONALD TRUMP STARTED
ASKING HIS FATHER FOR MONEY TO
BAIL HIM OUT OF HIS LOSSES.
AND HIS ATLANTIC CITY CASINOS.
ASK AND YOU WILL RECEIVE SEEMS
TO HAVE BEEN THE GOLDEN RULE
BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND HIS
FATHER.
FATHER. WITH OTHER PRESIDENTS, YOU COULD
LISTEN TO THESE RELIGION FILLED
SPEECHES WITH A STRAIGHT FACE,
BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT ALREADY
PUBLICLY PROVED THAT THEY DON’T
BELIEVE THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS
THEY WERE DELIVERING.
BUT WITH DONALD TRUMP.
HERE WAS THE VERY LAST LINE THAT
THE WHITE HOUSE SPEECH WRITERS
PUT IN THE TELEPROMPTER TODAY
FOR DONALD TRUMP.
THE MAN OF GOD.
>> AND LET US ALWAYS GIVE THANKS
FOR THE MIRACLE OF LIFE, THE
MAJESTY OF CREATION AND THE
GRACE OF ALL MIGHTY GOD.
>> REALLY?
>> REALLY? THAT’S WHAT YOU ALWAYS GIVE
THANKS FOR?
THANKS FOR? HERE’S THAT SAME PERSON
ANSWERING THE QUESTION, WHAT ARE
YOU MOST THANKFUL FOR, MR.
PRESIDENT?
PRESIDENT? >> WHAT ARE YOU MOST THANKFUL
FOR, MR. PRESIDENT?
>> FOR HAVING A GREAT FAMILY AND
FOR HAVING MADE A TREMENDOUS
DIFFERENCE IN THIS COUNTRY.
I’VE MADE A TREMENDOUS
DIFFERENCE IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY IS SO MUCH STRONGER
NOW THAN WHEN I TOOK OFFICE, YOU
WOULDN’T BELIEVE IT.
I MEAN, YOU SEE IT, BUT SO MUCH
STRONGER THAT PEOPLE CAN’T EVEN
BELIEVE IT.
BELIEVE IT. >> YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, MR.