{"id":70843,"date":"2026-04-03T21:05:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/trump-says-america-needs-god-in-good-friday-message-touting-resurgence-of-religion\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:05:18","slug":"trump-says-america-needs-god-in-good-friday-message-touting-resurgence-of-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/trump-says-america-needs-god-in-good-friday-message-touting-resurgence-of-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says \u2018America needs God\u2019 in Good Friday message touting \u2018resurgence of religion&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> delivered a Good Friday message from the Resolute Desk celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ while declaring that religion is experiencing a &#8220;resurgence&#8221; across the United States in his second term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>As I have often said, to be a great nation, you must have religion, and you must have God,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The president framed his message with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/faith-values\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faith as a central pillar<\/a> of American strength, pointing to what he described as a broader cultural shift toward religion.<\/p>\n<p>The video, shared via Truth Social on Good Friday, honored the Christian faith tradition and what he claims is a renewal of religion in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-admin-issues-new-guidance-protect-religious-expression-across-federal-workforce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP ADMIN ISSUES NEW GUIDANCE TO PROTECT RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION ACROSS FEDERAL WORKFORCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Trump has often recalled his Presbyterian upbringing, attending Sunday school. He has previously credited his faith to his devout Scottish mother and a &#8220;very strong&#8221; but &#8220;great-hearted&#8221; father in remarks at the 2024 National Faith Summit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In churches across the nation on Sunday, the pews will be fuller, younger and more faithful than they have at any time in many, many years,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Religion is growing again in our country for the first time in decades.<i>&#8220;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The president has invited prayer and faith back into the public square with both an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/freedom250\/america-prays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America 250 prayer initiative<\/a> and the establishment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/02\/establishment-of-the-white-house-faith-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House Faith Office<\/a> early in his second term.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-speak-museum-bible-religious-liberty-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP TO SPEAK AT MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN EDUCATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump said he&#8217;s &#8220;proud to join with Christians&#8221; during Holy Week in his address.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This Holy Week, I&#8217;m proud to join with Christians across the country and around the world to celebrate the most glorious miracle in all of time \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/christianity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resurrection of our Lord and Savior<\/a>, Jesus Christ,&#8221; Trump said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In his life, Christ displayed true humility. In His death, He modeled true love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president also invoked scripture in his address, quoting John 3:16.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/targeted-faith-overseas-persecuted-christians-get-white-house-welcome-under-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TARGETED FOR THEIR FAITH OVERSEAS, PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS GET A WHITE HOUSE WELCOME UNDER TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As it says in Gospel of John, for God so loved the world that He gave His only son, for whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s outspoken approach to the Christian holiday serves as a foil to his predecessor. Former President Joe Biden most recently shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/03\/31\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-easter-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">brief three-paragraph statement<\/a> during his tenure to celebrate the season in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been more candid in his approach to his faith since he survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that my life was saved that day in Butler for a very good reason,&#8221; he declared during his address to a joint session of Congress in 2025. &#8220;I was saved by God to make America great again. I believe that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president ended his remarks by wishing everyone a blessed holiday.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;<\/i>Happy Easter to all. May God bless you. May God bless the United States of America,&#8221; Trump concluded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The White House<\/a> did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump delivered a Good Friday message from the Resolute Desk celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ while declaring that religion is experiencing a &#8220;resurgence&#8221; across the United States in his second term. &#8220;As I have often said, to be a great nation, you must have religion, and you must have God,&#8221; Trump said. &#8230; <a title=\"Trump says \u2018America needs God\u2019 in Good Friday message touting \u2018resurgence of religion&#8217;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/trump-says-america-needs-god-in-good-friday-message-touting-resurgence-of-religion\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump says \u2018America needs God\u2019 in Good Friday message touting \u2018resurgence of religion&#8217;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}