Trump Assures Faith Leaders: He’s Fighting For Religious Liberty, World Peace

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump assured faith leaders on Monday that his administration is fighting for religious liberty and peace throughout the world.

“Together, we’re fighting to defend religious liberty like no administration has ever done before,” the president said. He spoke during a call with more than 10,000 faith leaders from across the country on the first Faith Office National Conference call of his second term, a senior White House official told The Daily Wire.

Trump participated in several of these calls during his first term, and they include individuals of all faiths — Christians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, and more.

Participants on Monday’s call included Special Assistant to the President Jenny Korn, White House Faith Office Director Paula White Cain, who led prayers during the call, and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. The president thanked the faith leaders for their work to help those in need across the country, and he shared some updates on the Trump administration’s efforts to protect religious freedom.

Trump detailed how he moved the faith office into the White House, as he had promised, and he emphasized to the faith leaders that he sought to stop “the radical war on Christians” as soon as he entered office.

“I [pardoned] the pro-life activist thrown in jail for praying and peaceful protest, and there were many of them,” he noted. He pointed out that his administration “reinstated the service members thrown out of our military over religious objections to the Biden vaccine mandates,” restoring them “to their former rank with full pay backpay and penalties.”

“I set up a DOJ taskforce to eradicate anti-Christian bias — who would ever think — but that’s happening also and it has happened and nobody ever talks about that,” Trump added.

He pointed to Friday’s Supreme Court ruling, where the justices ruled that schools violate religious liberty when they bar parents from opting their children out of classroom instruction involving LGBT-themed books. That was a major win for religious conservatives and for the White House, which has championed parents and their right to decide what their children are taught.

“Just last Friday we had historic victory for religious liberty and parents’ rights at the Supreme Court of the United States,” Trump told the faith leaders. “Parents will now be allowed to opt out of having inappropriate books and sexual literature forced upon their children.”

He also mentioned his major focus of the week: the One Big Beautiful Bill, describing to the faith leaders how it would impact children’s education, and calling it “the most pro-family legislation in modern times.”

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“When we pass the One, Big, Beautiful Bill will also have a tremendous victory for school choice,” he explained. “This bill is the most pro-family legislation in modern times…It also expands the Child Tax Credit and creates brand new ‘Trump Accounts’ for every newborn child helping them to get a stronger life, which is what they need. Everyone should let their congregations and members of Congress know that they support the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.”

The president specifically discussed how his administration is seeking peace throughout the world, pointing to last week’s strikes on Iran, and noting that last Friday he helped sign a “historic peace agreement” ending the “terrible conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

“As we restore prosperity for American families at home, we’re also bringing peace and stability back to our world,” he told the faith leaders. “Earlier this month we carried our historic strikes out against Iran’s nuclear program and we ended the 12 Day War.”