Trump celebrates resurrection, faith in Good Friday video from White Home

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President Donald Trump delivered a Good Friday message from the Resolute Desk celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ whereas declaring that faith is experiencing a "resurgence" throughout the US in his second time period.

" As I've typically stated, to be an excellent nation, you will need to have faith, and you will need to have God," Trump stated.

The president framed his message with faith as a central pillar of American energy, pointing to what he described as a broader cultural shift towards faith.

The video, shared through Reality Social on Good Friday, honored the Christian religion custom and what he claims is a renewal of faith in the US.

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President Donald Trump bows his head in prayer in the course of the Nationwide Prayer Breakfast on the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2026. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

President Trump has typically recalled his Presbyterian upbringing, attending Sunday faculty. He has beforehand credited his religion to his religious Scottish mom and a "very robust" however "great-hearted" father in remarks on the 2024 Nationwide Religion Summit.

"In church buildings throughout the nation on Sunday, the pews will likely be fuller, youthful and extra devoted than they've at any time in lots of, a few years," Trump stated. "Faith is rising once more in our nation for the primary time in a long time. "

The president has invited prayer and religion again into the general public sq. with each an America 250 prayer initiative and the institution of the White House Faith Office early in his second time period.

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President Trump speaks in the course of the Nationwide Prayer Breakfast on the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2026. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Pictures)

Trump stated he is "proud to affix with Christians" throughout Holy Week in his deal with.

"This Holy Week, I am proud to affix with Christians throughout the nation and around the globe to have a good time probably the most wonderful miracle in all of time — the resurrection of our Lord and Savior , Jesus Christ," Trump stated.

"In his life, Christ displayed true humility. In His demise, He modeled real love."

The president additionally invoked scripture in his deal with, quoting John 3:16.

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President Donald Trump calls individuals to the rostrum to face with him throughout a Nationwide Day of Prayer occasion within the Rose Backyard of the White Home Could 1, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP)

"Because it says in Gospel of John, for God so liked the world that He gave His solely son, for whoever believes in Him shouldn't perish, however have everlasting life," Trump stated.

President Trump's outspoken method to the Christian vacation serves as a foil to his predecessor. Former President Joe Biden most lately shared a brief three-paragraph statement throughout his tenure to have a good time the season in 2024.

Trump has been extra candid in his method to his religion since he survived an assassination try in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024.

"I imagine that my life was saved that day in Butler for an excellent cause," he declared throughout his deal with to a joint session of Congress in 2025. "I used to be saved by God to make America nice once more. I imagine that."