wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful

[demmiblue]

wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."

wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-05T15:24:09.276Z

* Rep. Jonathan Jackson of Illinois (son of Jesse Jackson) at the National Prayer Breakfast.

[ms liberty]

1. Grampy Orange seems to be asleep on his feet

[newdeal2]

2. He's deep in prayer

He is a very religious person. What other people see as napping is actually Trump praying for Americans - White House spokesperson

[MyOwnPeace]

6. OMG! Did she really say that?

Monty Python could not have come up with a bigger twit than that one is!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. Praying for the fjords?

Greenland has some nice fjords.

[jmowreader]

19. It would be nice if he'd start pining for the fjords

"He's pining!"

"He's not pining. He's passed on! This president is no more. He has ceased to be. He's expired and gone to meet his maker. He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed his feet to the floor he'd be pushing up the daisies! His metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible! This is an ex-president!"

[CTyankee]

24. Oh, that's perfect! I love Monty Python! My fave is "Bring out your dead!"

"I'm not dead yet!"

[vapor2]

29. ROTFLMAO

[paleotn]

16. He won't get it.

He’s about as self aware as that podium.

[róisín_dubh]

28. ...

I legit snorted

[MustLoveBeagles]

3. Everything dump does is weird

[Submariner]

4. He's probably on his way to El Salvador already

He should have added, "and may the 13 year old girl who bit President Trump's penis before he hit her and threatened to kill her parents, may she find peace and not be threatened by any more child rapists."

[3catwoman3]

15. Too bad she didn't bite it off.

And no, I’m not sorry for thinking that.

[PJMcK]

22. Right on! (n/t)

[PatSeg]

5. I'm not sure, but it looks like he's struggling

to stay awake.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. I'm praying for him struggling to stay alive.

⚖️❤️⚖️

[stage left]

8. I'm praying for him to lose that struggle.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. 🙏🙏🙏🤞🤞🤞

[littlemissmartypants]

11. 🙏🙏🙏🤞🤞🤞

[MorbidButterflyTat]

25. This subthread:

[littlemissmartypants]

26. 🌞Yep. I decided not to delete my dup. I don't fuck with kismet. ❤️

[FakeNoose]

9. BlueSky poster says that is Jesse Jackson's son, Jonathan Jackson

[Javaman]

12. orange pedo hears the words, he has no idea what they mean or cares. nt

[Warpy]

13. Asshole wasn't listening

If it's not about him, he's just not interested.

People who are getting rich off Fatso were listening, so you can bet that guy never gets near him again.

[vapor2]

30. Totally fighting sleep and agree that he wasn't listening

[highplainsdem]

17. WOW is right! But Trump won't listen, and that brave speaker will probably be attacked by Trump officials

and supporters.

[Martin68]

18. Clueless piece of excrement.

[malaise]

20. Sleeping at the wheel again

Must be pissed

[MagickMuffin]

21. He tuned out as soon as he saw a black man

He loathes dark skinned people, even all those who support him.

[BurnDoubt]

23. Tots and Pears.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. Prayer asks God to improve Trump's moral failings as president stands feet away

This made me smile

Prayer asks God to improve Trump's moral failings as president stands feet away

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-02-05T17:13:37.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/jonathan-jackson-trump-prayer/

A Democratic congressman shamed President Donald Trump during a prayer from just feet away.

Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) spoke Thursday morning at the bipartisan National Prayer Breakfast, where he cited scripture in his intercession asking God to open the 79-year-old president's heart to greater compassion and to follow Christ's teachings, as Trump stood by shifting his weight from foot to foot behind him.

"We also be reminded that we ask for the word of God, our good and gracious God, we pray for the health and deliberations of the president of the United States," Jackson said, "and we pray that you would be the final arbiter of whatever decisions he endeavors to make, that you would increase the stature of his wisdom, because without you, none of us can adjudicate the overwhelming details of leadership and life today we pray for America and we pray for all parliamentarians around the world."

"The Book of Timothy teaches us that you have been entrusted with leadership today we pray for the future of this nation and that you would leave this president into greater levels of compassion for your namesake," Jackson continued. "We pray that you would protect him from the iniquities of evil and that you would give him greater clarity, greater courage and greater capacity to do what is right and forever challenges. Today we remind him that the lives of millions of people are in his hands and that he has the power to turn mourning into dancing or to reduce the country into cosmic elegy of chaos and suffering, and it is because of this that we pray that the best of this president would rise among us for the sake of this nation, for the sake of this world, we pray that goodness and mercy would announce themselves in his life in new and powerful ways."

"We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that the good, and that he would be invested in the elevation, the alleviation of suffering happening on farms in the Midwest and the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis remind him that we are all Americans," the congressman added. "All made in the image of God and that none of us are free unless all of us have our freedoms protected. Many people are not lazy, many people are simply tired, many people simply are not okay. Matthew 25 teaches us that faith, that our gifts are given from God and that we should show them with compassion towards others. But most of all we pray that you would work out your will in his life. May we all do more for the greater glory of God, because when it is all said and done, we pray as Jesus taught us to pray, we ask that we surrender our all to Jesus. To all hope I give him freely, I will ever love and trust him and in his life and presence, live daily. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. The MaddowBlog-The key lesson from Trump's embarrassing National Prayer Breakfast speech

Those who thought Trump might approach the event with any maturity or solemnity were kidding themselves: He has anti-gravitas.

The key lesson from Trump’s embarrassing National Prayer Breakfast speech

Those who thought Trump might approach the event with any maturity or solemnity were kidding themselves: He has anti-gravitas. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— News Wire - World 🌎 Independent News Network Pro-Democracy (@democracyblue.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T14:13:25.674Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-national-prayer-breakfast-2026

As is true in so many areas of public life, things now are … different. The Boston Globe reported:

President Trump attacked Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, an outspoken critic of the president, during his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday, calling him a ‘moron.’ […]

Trump then attacked Democrats in his speech saying, ‘I don’t know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat. I really don’t.’ Later, Trump repeated his false claims that he won the popular vote in 2016 and that his 2020 loss to former president Joe Biden was ‘rigged.’

Over the course of roughly 75 minutes, the Republican turned the National Prayer Breakfast into a roast of sorts, lashing out at enemies, condemning immigrants, peddling absurd election conspiracy theories, expressing annoyance that House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to pray before meals, lying about the repeal of the Johnson Amendment (which still has not actually happened, no matter how many times Trump claims otherwise) — all while complaining about transgender people and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

The president even took the opportunity to boast about the efficacy of the deadly military operations he’d ordered.

Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "We hit 'em. And we want to hit 'em right, sir, and we want to hit them from the top! East, west, north, south. Sir, they won't know what the hell! And we'll knock them out. We did it politically correct. Five years."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-05T14:21:04.999Z

At another point, Trump decided it’d be a good idea to mock Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over the Democrat’s recent emphasis on honoring the Constitution.

Trump on Minnesota: "If we didn't have to fight this horrible governor and this horrible fake mayor -- Frey. 'This is the Constitution of the United States.' People don't want to be mugged!"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-05T14:44:40.760Z

,,,,,Those who assumed Trump would approach the National Prayer Breakfast with a degree of maturity or solemnity were kidding themselves: He has a void where his gravitas should be.

Every speech, interview and appearance, public or private, is rooted in the same conspiratorial and grievance-filled foundation. The president was an embarrassment to himself on Thursday, not because he tried and failed to honor the occasion and to respect his audience, but because it apparently never occurred to him to bother in the first place.