Second day of Donald Trump’s second term and the agenda of the new president of the United States has gotten underway after one and the , in a function conceived as the staging of the . However, his first full day in office has begun with a tradition that has been fulfilled since 1993, when the new occupant of the Oval Office attends a mass the morning after his inauguration and which marks the closing of the events. of his inauguration, before meeting with Congressional leaders.
Accompanied by the first lady, Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other senior officials of the new American administration, the 47th president of the United States had to listen, from the front row and with a serious gesture, as the Episcopalian bishop of the Cathedral Washington National, Mariann Edgar Budde, read him the primer during the sermon, especially regarding the suppression of all of Joe Biden’s policies to protect the LGBTIQ+ population and on demonization of immigrants as criminals and mentally ill.
Budde did not mince his words. “There are gay, lesbian and transgender children among families that vote for the Republican Party, the Republican Party or in those that have decided to ignore politics. Some of them even fear for their lives,” said the bishop, between the uncomfortable gaze by JD Vance, who at one point in the homily sought out Trump’s.
Episcopalian Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde during her sermon.
The message for Donald Trump about the vulnerable groups that will be affected by the policies announced by the Republican president in did not stop there. Budde has called for compassion for immigrants who perform essential jobs in the United States. “The people who pick our crops, clean our offices, wash dishes in restaurants and work the night shift in hospitals… They may not be citizens or lack the correct documentation, but the vast majority are not criminals,” said the religious while asking Trump for sensitivity toward those living in fear. “I ask you to have compassion, Mr. President, for children who fear losing their parents and for those fleeing war and persecution in their home countries. Our God teaches us to be merciful towards foreigners,” the bishop stressed.
Donald Trump’s face during the sermon has not gone unnoticed. He and his team maintained serious gestures during the bishop’s speech, and Trump did not hesitate to dismiss Budde’s message shortly after leaving the Washington cathedral. Without hiding his displeasure, when asked by the press, the magnate responded briefly, but clearly, to undervalue the bishop’s words: “It hasn’t been very exciting.”
Donald Trump’s right-hand man, a faithful squire during his campaign and strong man of the new United States government, has come out in defense of the man who created a department for him to implement cuts in the Administration. Obviously, he has done so on his social network, X, in which he has published a message against Bishop Budde accusing her of being a “victim of the virus of woke ideology.”
After the ceremony, Trump plans to meet at the White House with Republican congressional leaders Mike Johnson and John Thune to discuss the next steps of his administration. In addition, he is expected to announce, in a public appearance, an ambitious infrastructure plan.
