In an address at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, on September 8, President Donald Trump launched another in a fairly long line of religious projects, the America Prays initiative.
Next year, “we will celebrate 250 years since that Declaration was signed,” Trump said in his address. “As part of the grand commemoration … we’ve invited America’s great faith communities to pray for our nation, for our people, and for peace in the world.”
Initiatives like this aren’t unusual in the US—you don’t have to search long to find examples of presidents, religious leaders, or celebrities making similar pronouncements, encouraging Americans to join them in praying for the nation and its people. But this proclamation is different for several reasons.
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