The Bishop of Washington just gave Trump a Christmas sermon to his face that he can’t ignore

Stuck in Washington DC over Christmas due to his self-imposed government shutdown, President Trump spent Christmas eve somewhere he isn’t often seen — in a church.

The president, joined by first lady Melania Trump, joined the Christmas Eve services at Washington National Cathedral, according to an account in The Washington Post, and listened to a sermon by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, the leader of one of Washington’s most liberal Episcopal congregations, that focused on the story of Christmas.

It must have been disconcerting to the congregants to hear the Bishop’s message of responsible government power, people’s capacity for cruelty, and the plight of refugees shunned in “their greatest hour of need” while worshiping next to the man who needed to absorb those messages the most.

However, given that the Bishop only learned that the Trumps would be attending the 10 PM services shortly before they began, she assured The Post that she had not tailored her sermon specifically for the president, having written her homily well in advance of the holiday mass. Read more

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The Bishop of Washington just gave Trump a Christmas sermon to his face that he can’t ignore

Stuck in Washington DC over Christmas due to his self-imposed government shutdown, President Trump spent Christmas eve somewhere he isn’t often seen — in a church.

The Bishop of Washington just gave Trump a Christmas sermon to his face that he can’t ignore

Stuck in Washington DC over Christmas due to his self-imposed government shutdown, President Trump spent Christmas eve somewhere he isn’t often seen — in a church.

The Bishop of Washington just gave Trump a Christmas sermon to his face that he can’t ignore

Stuck in Washington DC over Christmas due to his self-imposed government shutdown, President Trump spent Christmas eve somewhere he isn’t often seen — in a church.