US EditionPresident Donald Trump to Read Scripture During America Reads the Bible
Nearly 500 readers are taking part in the weeklong marathon, and organizers say the passage was set aside for Trump because of its message of humility and repentance.
- On Tuesday, April 21, President Donald Trump will broadcast a pre-recorded reading of 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 from the Oval Office during the 6 p.m. ET hour as part of 'America Reads the Bible,' a weeklong livestream featuring nearly 500 participants marking the nation's 250th anniversary.
- Organizers specifically reserved the passage for Trump to foster national healing and renewal, according to Bunni Pounds, founder of Christians Engaged, whose organization runs the weeklong event at the Museum of the Bible through April 25.
- Trump's reading follows a week of public friction with Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war and backlash over a deleted AI-generated image he claimed depicted him as a 'doctor' making people better.
- Cabinet officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles will participate, as the administration continues integrating faith into official business to shore up evangelical Christian support.
- Commemorating the nation's 250th anniversary, the White House frames the weeklong reading as symbolic national renewal, though critics debate whether aligning government platforms with public religious ritual strains church-state norms.
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News & RecordTrump, others will read passages at Bible event
President Donald Trump and many of his leading Christian supporters and top Republicans will take part this week in a marathon reading of the Bible in an America 250-themed event billed as encouraging a "return to the spiritual foundation that…
Washington, Apr 21 (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump read a Bible passage this Tuesday in a pre-recorded video that was broadcast at a religious event, in the midst of the war with Iran and its attacks against Pope Leo XIV. In the video, where Trump appears sitting in the Oval Office, the president read the Bible passages of 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 using the King James Version. Trump’s intervention was part of the “America Read the Bible” forum c…
President Donald J. Trump Reads 2 Chronicles 7 on Pure Flix during America Reads the Bible
Historic Moment as Sitting President Participates in Weeklong Public Reading of ScriptureWASHINGTON, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- America Reads the Bible marked a historic moment Tuesday evening when President Donald
Donald Trump participated in a gathering organized by conservative Christians to read the Bible on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump broke down on Tuesday a little more the barrier that has traditionally separated Church and State in the United States with the reading from the Oval Office of a passage from the Bible, recorded for broadcast in a marathon called America Reads the Bible. It is an event in which half a thousand speakers are summoned, including several Cabinet members, to, from last Sunday, read the sacred book of Christianity from beginning…
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