“I look forward to speaking to this amazing group of students," President Donald Trump tells CBN. | Getty Report: Trump to deliver commencement address at Liberty University

President Donald Trump will deliver the commencement address this spring at Liberty University, an evangelical Christian school in Lynchburg, Virginia, according to a Christian Broadcast Network report.

“I look forward to speaking to this amazing group of students on such a momentous occasion,” President Trump told CBN. “Our children truly are the future and I look forward to celebrating the success of this graduating class as well as sharing lessons as they embark on their next chapter full of hope, faith, optimism, and a passion for life.”


A White House spokesman did not immediately confirm the CBN report to POLITICO.

Liberty University calls itself the largest Christian university in the world and the early endorsement of its president, Jerry Falwell Jr., aided Trump in building support among the evangelical community. Falwell told The Associated Press last November that Trump had offered him the position of education secretary, a job the Liberty University president turned down for personal reasons.

Falwell has also protected Trump on Liberty’s campus in the past, spiking a column critical of the then-GOP candidate that was set to run in the school’s newspaper last October. The column attacked Trump over the now-infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, on which he could be heard describing in vulgar terms how his celebrity allowed him to sexually assault women without consequence, and said those defending him were “trying to excuse the terrible things they or others have said.”

Falwell, in a statement to CBN, said Trump’s support is strong within the evangelical community.

“His supporters, including over 80 percent of the evangelical community, are thrilled with President Trump’s actions so far,” the university president said. “The fact that the mainstream media and the Establishment, on the left and the right, remain in attack mode with their often baseless and dishonest claims against Trump is a sign that President Trump is doing a wonderful job.”

Liberty is also the site of one of Trump more memorable campaign trail gaffes, where he attempted to cite scripture by referring to “Two Corinthians” instead of “Second Corinthians,” the way the biblical book is typically cited.