Mockery as Trump makes 'wild admission' during National Prayer Breakfast speech (trump admits he has not read the Bible)

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trump admitted during this prayer breakfast that he does NOT read the bible. I am shocked, shocked I tell you to learn that trump had not read the bible

Mockery as Trump makes 'wild admission' during National Prayer Breakfast speech

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— LiberalBatch (@liberallady.bsky.social) 2026-02-05T21:38:52.962Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2675103312/

President Donald Trump's "wild admission" during his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday was swiftly mocked by political analysts and observers.

Trump gave one of his signature "weaving" speeches during the event, which was attended by lawmakers, political advocates, and religious organizations alike. The speech included a digression about how a prominent Southern Baptist preacher named Robert Jeffress was one of Trump's biggest supporters, during which Trump seemed to admit he may have never read the Bible, despite drawing significant support from the Evangelical Christian community.

"Is he here?" Trump asked the crowd about Jeffress. "Robert Jeffress was on television in 2016 when I had just announced I was running, and he said, 'I know every candidate very well, and I know Trump a little bit. He may not be as good with the Bible as some of them, and he may not have read the Bible as much as some of them. In fact, he may not have ever read the Bible. But he will be a much stronger messenger for us.'"

Trump's comments attracted mockery online.

"Wild admission from someone who literally sells Bibles and once called it his 'favorite book of all time,'" Hemant Mehta, a "Jeopardy!" champion and podcaster, posted on X.

"As a Christian, I've gotta say these clips coming out of the National Prayer Breakfast just cut deeper each year," Kate deGruyter, former staffer for Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), posted on X. "The religious right has made such a bad bet by going full MAGA."

"He's been pretending to be a Christian for decades and he still can't even pretend to have read the Bible," John Iadarola, host of "The Damage Report" podcast, posted on X.

"Trump merely sells Bibles," the political commentary account PatriotTakes posted on X. "He ignores the parts about helping the poor and loving migrants."

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1. How shocking that Trump hasn't read the Bible...NOT!

Link to tweet

[3catwoman3]

2. Even though he once claimed...

…it was his favorite book?

[Skittles]

3. I think it's part of his dementia

cannot keep his stories straight

[cloudbase]

4. Then there's this from 2016:

There were a few stumbles during Donald Trump's sojourn to Liberty University on Monday.

He mispronounced a book of the Bible. He cursed — twice. And on Martin Luther King Day, the GOP presidential candidate said he was honoring the slain civil-rights leader by dedicating to him the record crowds he says he drew for the school's opening convocation. (Students are required to attend.)

"We're going to protect Christianity. I can say that. I don't have to be politically correct," he thundered at the beginning of his speech at the conservative evangelical university.

Then he moved on to cite "Two Corinthians 3:17, that's the whole ballgame. ... Is that the one you like?" Trump asked. "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."

https://www.npr.org/2016/01/18/463528847/citing-two-corinthians-trump-struggles-to-make-the-sale-to-evangelicals

[Blue Owl]

5. Hey RW Xtians -- he was too busy FUCKING CHILDREN to read the Bible

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6. In Trump's bible the word Not is retracted...

From the10 commandments

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7. Both Corinthians passed out from shock (nt)

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8. 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.