MSNBC (Op-Ed): Trump says he 'believes in the power of prayer.' Just not when it stands in his way.
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MSNBC (Op-Ed): Trump says he 'believes in the power of prayer.' Just not when it stands in his way.

October 12, 2025

Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons wrote a column for MSNBC. It reads, in part:

"The Trump White House has often cast itself as a defender of religious liberty. “America has always been a nation that believes in the power of prayer,” President Donald Trump said at a meeting of his Religious Liberty Commission last month. “And we will never apologize for our faith ever, ever, never, never. We will never surrender our God-given rights.”

Except, at least when Trump is speaking, “ever, ever, never, never” appears to have a limit: when the faithful dare to dissent from his political agenda."

Read the full opinion here.

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