The way, the Trump and the lies: prayer breakfast displays US right's devil's pact [View all]

Trump might not embody Christian values yet is the religious right’s chosen instrument to turn the tide against liberal, godless America

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” and “conscience”.

And the holy ghost was the Republican party’s moral spine, now reduced to a phantom thread. “The power of Trump compels you!” as The Exorcist nearly said.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/05/trump-religious-right-republicans