President Donald Trump demanded an apology in response to a “nasty” bishop who used her pulpit to preach politics as he called out what she “failed to mention” after doubling down on CNN.
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Accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, his family, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Second Lady Usha Vance, the president attended a National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral on Tuesday that quickly became a lecture on gender ideology and open borders. While Trump initially kept his “Not too exciting” critique limited, he had much more to say after Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, furthered her “reminder” to the president on “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
“The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater. She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way,” began Trump.
“She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart. She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our Country and killed people,” he continued. “Many were deposited from jails and mental institutions. It is a giant crime wave that is taking place in the USA. Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good at her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!”

After the commander-in-chief signed a number of executive orders to kick off his second administration that included border security measures and the federal government’s recognition of no more than two sexes, Budde took her radical positions from the service to corporate media.
Acknowledging that she used the opportunity to lecture the president, she told Burnett, “I was…reminding us all that the people that are frightened in our country, the two groups of people that I mentioned, are our fellow human beings, and that they have been portrayed all throughout the political campaign in the harshest of lights.”
“I wanted to counter, as gently as I could, with a reminder of their humanity and their place in our wider community,” said the guest. “And I was speaking to the president because I felt that he has this moment now where he feels charged and empowered to do what he feels called to do, and I wanted to say there is room for mercy. There is room for a broader compassion.”
“We don’t need to portray with a broadcloth in the harshest of terms some of the most vulnerable people in our society, who are in fact our neighbors, our friends, our children, our friends’ children, and so forth,” added Budde who had decried Trump in 2020 when he “did not lament the death of George Floyd…”
The President did not come to pray; he did not lament the death of George Floyd or acknowledge the collective agony of people of color in our nation. He did not attempt to heal or bring calm to our troubled land.
— Mariann Budde (@Mebudde) June 2, 2020
During the service, she turned directly to the president and said, “In the name of our God, I ask you, to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now.”
“There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families — some who fear for their lives,” continued the preaching. “And the people, the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat-packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals, they, they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches…”
“I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands, to find compassion and welcome here,” said Budde.
While many took note of the reactions from the executive party, especially those of Vance, a Catholic, the compliments of the president’s poise and “total class” were reflected upon his return to the White House after the service where he said in part, “Not too exciting, was it? I didn’t think it was a good service. No… They can do much better.”
President Trump following National Prayer Service: “Not too exciting, was it. I didn’t think it was a good service. No…They can do much better.” pic.twitter.com/iNpWGKaXhN
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 21, 2025
They did. I give them a lot of credit. I would have walked out
— MARIA_AF ✝️ (@maria_w_nj) January 22, 2025
haha pic.twitter.com/vD9i7cI3jw
— Jagan (@GoldilocksOrbit) January 21, 2025
Agree. @POTUS and @JDVance and their families handled it with grace.
— V (@SgrA17h45m40s) January 22, 2025
Actually…it was tragic. What is left of the leadership of the ECUSA should be ashamed.
This could have been a wonderful moment to call the Nation back to its motto “In God we trust…” and to pray for the new President and Vice President to be given wisdom from above.
Instead,…— Deacon Keith Fournier (@KeithFournier7) January 21, 2025
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