Trump looks awkward as bishop urges him to ‘have mercy’ on ‘scared’ immigrants and LGBT+ youth
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Trump looked on and shifted in his seat as Bishop Mariann Budde pleaded with him from the pulpit. As he celebrated the second day of his presidency, Donald Trump heard “one final plea” from the pulpit at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday.
“Millions have put their trust in you, and as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God,” Budde said in her remarks as Trump looked on from the front row. In his inaugural address on Monday, Trump proclaimed he was “saved by God to make America great again” after an assassination attempt last summer.
“In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” Budde continued. “There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families — some who fear for their lives,” she added.
She continued: “The people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals — they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, gurdwara, and temples.”.
Trump — sitting in the front pew next to First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance, with members of the Trump family behind them — watched her, expressionless, but shifted in his seat and turned up his mouth after her mention of immigrant workers.
