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‘I can’t avoid writing about Donald Trump...’

David Burrowes  |  World
Date posted:  20 Mar 2025
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‘I can’t avoid writing about Donald Trump...’

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I know it’s tempting, but I can’t avoid writing about Donald Trump. Having been at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C., the impact of Donald Trump and how Christians should respond looms large.

So to the US Capitol, where just a week after President Trump’s inauguration the talk of the town was of the first set of executive orders being fired off, calling a national emergency on the southern border to stop illegal migration and USAID freezing all aid programmes.

Since 1953, The National Prayer Breakfast (NPB) has, as it says on its website, “united leaders, friends, and attendees across the political spectrum for one, simple purpose – prayer”.

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