Donald Trump declares Sunday National Day of Prayer: 'We are a country that has looked to God in times like these'

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President Donald Trump urged Americans to look to 'God for protection and strength' as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continued to grow Friday.

President Donald Trump announced that Sunday would be a National Day of Prayer on Friday, not long after he officially declared a state of emergency over the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

"It is my great honor to declare Sunday, March 15th as a National Day of Prayer. We are a Country that, throughout our history, has looked to God for protection and strength in times like these," Trump tweeted."No matter where you may be, I encourage you to turn towards prayer in an act of faith. Together, we will easily PREVAIL!"

 

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This is retarded

Parabéns presidente herói do EUA pela posição tomada ao combate ao coronavírus

When has Trump ever Prayed when he was cheating on his wife with his porn star.

Thanks for nothing GOP We need NationalDayOfScience so America is prepared for emergencies like COVIDー19 Not superstitious leaders whistling past the graveyard Christians that become infected should wait and pray while citizens who believe in Science receive treatment first

Ok - I prayed - am I immune now? Do I get a magical test kit? Is a church sending me a hazmat suit COVIDー19 NationalDayOfPrayer

God said to also take care of each other. Are we now? No. Dummy.

... And we should always look to God, in good and bad times... Bad times are reminders that we absolutely need Him... 🙏🏼☝🏼

Whether you like him or not, if you believe or not, now it's not the time or any time to be so self-centered and negative. I agree that there are other serious issues that need to be dealt with, but if our great nation wants to continue, it starts with us, not our govt!

B S

Now you turn to god🤔

In times like these? He told us that it was all a democatic hoax.

Crazy hypocrite

Yeah I bet he is praying that doesn’t mean Biden in the election and I’m counting on that

So he went from calling it a hoax to now asking god to stop the virus which is now not a hoax? Such a numbskull!

Oh yeah, he’s a very religious person

Hmmm. Large numbers of people praying on Sunday. Is that like the celebration for America realDonaldTrump came up with that landed on the 4th of July? How does he come up with these FANTASTIC ideas?!

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

He's so full of crap. I'm surprised he can spell 'God'.

Thoughts and Prayers is the GOP default response to any problem or crisis. We don't need thoughts and prayers, we need evidence-based guidance and leadership. And we won't get that from Trump/Pence or the GOP.

Didn't God make the pathogens?

Oh l bet evangelicals are waving their hands in praise to their 'chosen one'... SatansSeeds

Hey realDonaldTrump- how are all those NDA’s with pornstars you cheated on your wives with? All good?

To be inclusive it is also Saturday for Jews and Friday for Muslims. Hence it is a National Week of Prayer not a Day alone!

When god sees trumps prayer request on the caller ID.

Not a bad move, but along with the prayers we should do anythingand everything in our power to flatten the curve. Is US government doing everything they can? FlattenTheCurve TESTVIRUSNOW WhereAreTheTestKits

What a complete toss pot this man is.

Gotta love a hypocrite. What a joke.

God hasnt done a dang thing about gun deaths, I wont hold my breath for him to do anything about this.

Thoughts and prayers. Statistically, no matter how insignificant, it has to work sometime. Unfortunately, God’s a petty vindictive SOB. So goof luck with that.

So i think we should be praying for the dow jones on sunday morning.

Puleeze! Like he has ever looked to God for anything!

Our country doesn’t have a religion. Religions don’t cure viruses, scientists and doctors do. A shame Donny doesn’t believe in them, it would be something he pretended to believe in them, like he pretends to be religious.

Barf

God help us from this moron realDonaldTrump. Being president is not for potty training & on the job training.

Why do Republicans never leave it up to God to give billionaires and corporations massive tax cuts?

He will say whatever gets his base to worship the golden calf.

We don’t need prayers. We need test kits ! 25thAmendmentNow .realDonaldTrump .GOP

I’ll start praying when I see tRump praying...I wanna hear the words...maybe he can lead the nation in prayer in a 6p nationally televised event

We looked to God when you: Caged children at the border Preached to take healthcare from people Gave global warming the finger Abandoned the Kurds Pimped our troops to Saudi Arabia Cut food programs to needy children Did you pray then?

Feeling nauseous. PandererInChief

I guess instead of voting for you this time I will Just send My thoughts and Prayers you win....let me know how that turns out for you.......

What happened to separation of religion and state? Who's God are you praying to? You Take God from the pledge of allegiance and schools and now think National prayer is OK? In Biblical sense, would it not have been sent by this God and now you ask for strength?

realDonaldTrump ask you god to remove you from office then and get us a real leader that will actually do something useful. Ur god isn’t handing out plague cure or fixing your broken government.PrayerIs4Suckers

Praise Lord SpongeBob!

He should've ducked when he said that. If I were God, I would've sent down a good sized bolt of lightning his way.

Did god send the coronavirus to expose drump's incompetence? No. Just like god hasn't listened to a single prayer begging god to remove drump to save our country.

How about having national day of Covid -19 testing? BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH TESTING KITS. BECAUSE OF A 2 month delay and Trump/GOP incompetence.

If he only heard our prayers

Idk about y'all but I'm looking to the FDA and CDC in times like these 👀

Rev 13:8 (KJV) And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. “The Great Controversy” by Ellen White Audio Order book:

Rev 13:8 (KJV) And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. “The Great Controversy” by Ellen White Audio Order book:

Rev 13:8 (KJV) And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. “The Great Controversy” by Ellen White Audio Order book:

Proverbs 28:9 (KJV) He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. “The Great Controversy” by Ellen White Audio Order book:

Proverbs 28:9 (KJV) He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. “The Great Controversy” by Ellen White Audio Order book:

Proverbs 28:9 (KJV) He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. “The Great Controversy” by Ellen White Audio Order book:

So says the devil's advocate Donald J. Trump.

Actually, POTUS, in times like this we've usually counted on leaders who aren't idiots, incompetents and self-absorbed traitors. coronavirus TrumpVirus TrumpIsTheWORSTPresidentEVER Trump2020

Not feeling comfortable that praying will eliminate corona, but will give it a try.

realDonaldTrump is desperate.

Door he think he is God?

realDonaldTrump’s only Gd moment:

What a liar! He never prays or goes to church

Looked to god? Guess you all need to prayer harder as it hasnt fixed anything since it was designed for people to use as a guilt free way of doing nothing to fix a problem. fictionalgod

So good to have his permission

STOP! THIS IS OUTRIGHT PROPAGANDA!! JUST STOP!!

God? You don’t believe in god. People are suffering because of you

WRONG! In times like these we need a claim collected, action planned oriented leader!

This man has NEVER cared about prayer!! Something is wrong with you if you don’t know that!!!

I already prayed Mr. President. 🙏🏻 But you’re still in office. So much for prayer. 😇😇😇

Thank goodness I live in Canada because we are a country that looks to science in times like these.

My guess... only Christian Evangelicals matter to PinocchioPOTUS realDonaldTrump. If I were POTUS, I'd have declared 3 consecutive National Days of prayer. Friday, Saturday AND Sunday. This way I ensure America gets the spiritual help we need from all the good Gods above.

Because god knows we can’t look to trump

Even the US are now praying

Con artist partners with Kenneth Copeland to heal coronavirus through prayers

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Whose god Donnie? Protestant god, Catholic god, self-described evangelicals for Trump's god, or one of the Hindu gods, or Buddha, or the Jewish god, or the Islamic god, or ?

True people of God make everyday a prayer day.

c'est c'laaaaaaaa, trou du cul

He's completely full of shit.

God is not an ATM machine. Show more respect for the Almighty.

Because of his inaction, my church is closed this Sunday. I bet his golf course is open though. Isn’t that where Trump goes on Sundays?

inforenique Again, day late dollar short. 1. Apologize to Ms. Nancy for refusing to beleive she prays for all things powerful and good. And I mean like you mean it mf! 2ndly, keep your word on my DONATION. It reflects badly on you to promise then flatline, over & over. CLEAR!

The last thing I want is my government telling me to pray. Especially when my government is led by a man who has broken every commandment.

Satan will not help those following you

The God you and you

SaturdayThoughts endtimes

I applaud his effort. Not EVERYTHING should be criticized. When someone you consider to be bad, does something good, acknowledge it just as strongly as you acknowledge the bad. None of us are blameless.

That was the 20th century. Here in the 21st, we need to trust in science.

Yes , we will all pray to get corrupt, extortionist, obstructionist, liar, unfit, racists , xenophobic, bully, impeached Trump out from the White House as soon as possible ! Wake up USA voters! Vote Blue no mater who!

Will he be praying on a golf course?

Everyday is Prayer Day

How many times has he gone to chit since he become president

...and He delivered to us this amazingly competent, completely uncorrupt, totally capable, empathetic, President who only uses the best words! We should be so thankful!

This Sunday, March 15, is ‘🖕🏽 You Trump Day’ at our house.

Hi po crit

Thoughts and prayers...

Sure and he will cure us. If you dont have answers you look up to a thing called god.

I look to science

I bet he golf’s this weekend!

Oh f*ck off with that nonsense

Pandering

What a joke for a president.

From Art of the deal “Being an Atheist is great for business. It makes it easier to negotiate.” Salesman tell you what you want to hear so to close the deal he ha Sri appear religious. If it is not his act it just an old man trying to get into heaven because he knows what he did

Wow a Sunday National Day of Prayer. Who would have thought?

He use that to gain support and voters.

It's all about his image. This is to bolster it with his base.

Aww

We look to God because we have no leadership realDonaldTrump. We also look to God to remove our troubles. GodKnows coronavirus COVIDー19 TrumpIsTheWORSTPresidentEVER TrumpVirus

realDonaldTrump and GOP are the biggest jokes the world has seen we will pray you are all removed

Is this where pence starts praying for the virus to go away

दवा बना ले भाई दुआ में पूरी दुनिया लगी है।

As if he ever did.

“Although, to be fair, I couldn’t find God in the Bible if you ripped off the cover and whited out the first three words.”

God is either on holiday or quarantined herhis self way up there in 7th floor with headphones on listening to Jethro T, Prayers ? 😂😂good luck with that,

Stupid. It’s not God but medical science that saves us.

And I would take him seriously if he took this seriously from the beginning. His prayers mean nothing!

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Before he announced sweeping travel restrictions on 26 European countries and a raft of other measures to combat the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, President Donald Trump called the virus a 'hoax.'

as long as we practice “The social distancing” & ZERO crowds...

wtf 😳🤦🏻‍♀️

Because it’s worked so well up to now.

Lyin’ Donald has got to go.

0h please

Rather look to science to fix the problem instead of praying it'll go away like some stone age person sitting in a cave afraid of the outside world.

We had a National day of prayer on May 7, I am sure for those who pray they don’t need a “national” day to do it. They probably pray everyday.

While he plays golf

We all pray you would leave office

Really...this is rich

Which god?

Oh my

Too late God knows who he truly is and his cult following

Lordt. 🤦🏽‍♀️

The thing is we should look at God at all times

OK, Fake Christian.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

If that doesn't work, look to stormydaniels for comfort

And he’ll be golfing

Maybe this is God’s way of waking us up. Telling us that we’ve screwed up. Warning us to get our shit together.

He ought to be careful when he asks millions of people to pray at the same time. We may not be praying for what he thinks (and Pence) think our prayers should be. Just saying!

Wow. I wish we could just embrace the need to look to God and pray for his mercy and grace. It doesn’t matter who has declared the day - let’s get our heart focused on the ill and those caring for them.

Times like what? Thought this was all a hoax

You will never tell me what day I can pray on.

He's never prayed once in his whole life.

realDonaldTrump Are you sure? I think God is punishing you right now.

He’s not fooling anybody. He’s going to be on the fucking golf course on Sunday.

Yeah, praying is going to fix it. 🙄

He is faking being religious again to try to hold on to those evangelicals.

Donald Trump is too rich and above prayer. I betcha he has never really prayed. And all the young ppl are atheists now anyways. I don't know anyone who talks about praying.

realDonaldTrump

In the eyes of believers, wouldn't it have been god that brought the CoronavirusOutbreak . Why worship something that would do that!

Lol

The Donald is such a big fat liar who pretends to be religious . I want to say,”be yourself , the Donald”, “ nobody does it better”.

Jesus, what kind of fresh holy hell is this?

Pray he gets dumped in November DumpTrump2020 VoteOutGOP2020

Vomit!

Right now, it is not the time to be spitting on anyone. It is one of that time we need to stay proactive in every way so this virus will not destroy us all. Pray in whatever way you can. Many comments here isn’t contributing anything to anyone. You can just move on for believers.

I can’t believe Christians buy this pu*** grabber’s BS. TrumpIsTheWORSTPresidentEVER

Prayer has done sooooo much for all of the other things it's been invoked for. Why the hell not.

Better.

There is no God. But there is Dog

Hahahahahahaha Hahahahahahaha Hahahahahahaha You ducking asshole

But not in other times?

Matthew 7:15

The man's a FRAUD!

Stay. Out. Of. The. Churches.

Really

This guy is so full of shit. He has broken dam near every commandment. Has anyone ever even seen a bible in his hands?

Wait! They're going to start opening church on Sunday?

Your people call it the Day of Prayer, we call it Sunday.

Pray you can get a test. Pray you can get honest numbers and reporting about the situation. Pray you had a president that cared more about your and your family's well being and survival more than what the real numbers would do for his re-election. DayOfPrayer

I’m sorry but that just makes me want to throw up. And I don’t usually say things like that on Twitter. TrumpisDangerous GOPisDangerous McConnellisJustPlainMean

Particularly look to God when your president is a ridiculous talking yam.

Bitch, please

The bottom line is the only God Trump cares about.

The only thing he has ever looked to (besides his image in the mirror) is hookers. FailingPresident. realDonaldTrump

Such horse shit

“Trump should prey for “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”, I.e., not to lie intentionally deceive another by speaking a falsehood.

Typical CorruptGOP do nothing-ness. They don't want to deal w/ gun deaths so every mass murder they do nothing but offer prayers. They don't want to deal w/ Coronavirus so they go on a mini vacation & do nothing but offer prayers. Probably praying they keep their jobs

Please...

Let us pray for wise leadership and selfless service to the common good.

Hahahahahhaha YIKES

Who is he trying to fool?

Another way of saying ‘I haven’t got a clue how to handle this’ 🤔

How long would the prayer last? 3 seconds? Then he’d say I’m not responsible for all the bad things happened. Dems and Obama faults. You watch.

You mean the Hoax perpetrated by Democrats and the media?

So pray to get the crazy, inept, psychopath out of office? I’m all in.

I am disgusted with Trump. I am especially disgusted when he has the unmitigated audacity to remark on matters religious. The country may look to God, but Trump doesn't. I hope God forgives him.

I'll be praying for you to be held accountable for this mess you made in the name of protecting your poll numbers.

Que clase de hipocrita carajo

Worked so well for HIV in Indiana with Governor Pence.

Dear God Please don’t let me have this coronavirus Amen 🙏 I promise I won’t lie anymore 😉

This is a calling for atheists and satanic ignorance.

More thoughts, please.

says the right one...

A White House pandemic office is what we would have looked up to, but here we are in 2020, looking up to the skies for an answer. Imagine scientists in the 1900’s who envisioned 100 year advances? They’d be shocked to learn that we’ve abandoned science and pray disease away.

Science

How about looking to science?

That’s a bunch of BS to pander to these religious nuts 🥜

Because you sure as hell can’t look to the president....

That's like PornHub declaring a National Day of Celibacy.

Sweet mother of god! No pun intended.

Is Saturday National Day of Science? 🤷🏽‍♂️

Is Saturday a day for thoughts? We have all seen how effective thoughts and prayers in time of crisis have been...

What do you say TheTweetOfGod ?

The porn star fucker.

Not now Trump

He looks so phony when he acts, like dedicated christian. He is full of it.

What 'god' ishe speaking of?

God bless SOTH Nancy Pelosi - for whom every day is a National Day of Prayer!!! SpeakerPelosi

Pray to the laaaaaawwwwwwwdddddyyyyy!

The closest talk he’s had with Jesus was when he hired a guy named Jesús to do his yard

He is no man of faith.

Or when they are on their knees hey donny

In times lie these I am thankful for science!

Public Idiot 1 , thinks we are all stupid! He is no more a man of God than Putin is.

Isnt Sunday already a national day of prayer for most religions? How about a Monday or Tuesday? We are all just sitting around anyway,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Says a man who lies constantly, has no heart, compassion for anybody

My prayer will be that you resign.

Oh I will be praying...yes indeed. I will be praying about trump. It will be nothing good at all. I am calling in some witches to chant some incantations and casts a few spells as well...already had the voodoo doll made 😎😈

Trump followers can pray to Satan as usual.

When do you suppose he last looked to any god and prayed?

Donald looked to god after every time he banged a porn star...oh, god, please don't let me get the clap

So YOU are telling us to pray. Wow

Or he had his test done..

😂😂 dude doesn't know nothing about prayer or God he's a demon child Trump is the worst human being on earth!

In an ongoing effort to keep evangelical support after his royal corona screw up...

Oh no. Don pulling out all the stops. He wants to be in your head on Sunday.

He's just about the only one now who'd look back at you, Trump. God's supposed to love all the people, including the disgraced (and disgraceful) ones. You're lucky.

THE AUDACITY

Этот мир принадлежит человеку! В этом мире Бога нет. а за пределами этого мира возможно. Но здесь царство людей!

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