"They had come to say a prayer for the father, the son and the holy ghost. The father was Donald Trump, who, despite sending federal militias to roam Minneapolis, threatening to invade Greenland and telling lies by the dozen, remains the lord and saviour of the religious right. The son was his protege, Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, who, despite documented human rights violations and mass detentions that swept up 3,000 children, was praised by a congressman for leadership that displays character"
"Trump, of course, can be relied upon to make it feel less a church sermon than a knockabout campaign rally. Good God! and Jesus Christ! are more likely to be exclamations from horrified onlookers than earnest pronouncements from the truly faithful. In a somewhat slurry tone, the US president, wearing dark suit and purple tie, went on a rhetorical tour of his greatest hits that had nothing to do with either prayer or breakfast."
Participants gathered at the National Prayer Breakfast in the Washington Hilton ballroom to honor faith figures while elevating political leaders. Donald Trump received reverent support from the religious right despite sending federal militias to Minneapolis, threatening Greenland and spreading repeated falsehoods. Nayib Bukele of El Salvador received praise from a US congressman despite documented human-rights abuses and mass detentions of children. Trump delivered a campaign-style address with attacks on transgender people, wind farms, opponents and the 2020 election, boasting about military imagery. The Republican party's moral authority appeared diminished, reduced to a phantom thread amid partisan spectacle.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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