"“I think religion's very important for a country. This country was built largely on religion, Trump said. When you have strong religion you have less crime, it's just a fact. Whatever it may be, it's like Gee, I want to go to heaven, so I'm not going to do this or that.'”"
"“The president gave a video address to the crowd and read from Chronicles which the president said was harder than giving a political speech. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth all spoke as well. Their messages were a bit more optimistic than what evangelical preacher Franklin Graham told the crowd that America was morally rotten and sick from modern trends like transgenderism and gay marriage.”"
"“Religion is a good thing. Christianity is the great thing for our country, Trump continued. The successes that we've had have been based on Christianity and religion. I'm very proud of that. Religion is taking off like our country is taking off. Our country is hotter now than it's ever been and I'll tell ya, religion is making a tremendous comeback. You look at churches today, they're full. You go back two or three years, nobody was going.”"
"“Trump added that polling is typically so fake. But he said that's not the case with the recent polls that show Americans are more religious than in recent years. A Gallup Poll from April found 42% of young men between 18-29 said religion is very important to them up from 28% a few years earlier. And Gallup found last year that 59% of Americans have a positive view of religion, up from 49% in 2022.”"
Religion is described as making a major comeback in the United States, with churches reported as fuller than a few years earlier. The president links strong religion to lower crime and says the country was built largely on religion. He comments on a Washington, D.C. prayer event, delivering a video address and reading from Chronicles, describing it as harder than giving a political speech. Other officials speak with more optimism than evangelical preacher Franklin Graham, who characterizes America as morally rotten and sick due to modern trends. The president cites polling, including Gallup findings that more young men and more Americans hold religion as very important or view it positively.
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