Reciting of Old Testament passage comes days after clash with pope and posting AI image of himself as Jesus
Donald Trump read a Bible passage from the Old Testament during a Tuesday event billed as a celebration of the US’s founding, days after he clashed with Pope Leo XIV and upset some of his religious supporters by posting an AI-generated image appearing to depict himself as Jesus.
The event, titled America Reads the Bible, was imagined as a “sacred opportunity to call our nation back to its spiritual foundation”, according to its website.
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land,” Trump read from 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 in a video message recorded in the White House’s Oval Office, with the presidential flag behind him.
Great American Media, a Texas-based company that creates family and faith content, livestreamed the reading from Washington DC.
