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Donald Trump at the National Cathedral Washington

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27.01.2025

Addressing Donald Trump at the National Cathedral’s inauguration service, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, looking the incoming president in the eye, pleaded with him: “to have mercy on people who are scared and help those facing persecution”.

Bishop Mariann Budde did not mince her words. In particular, she referenced the LGBTQI community following the president’s statement that the US officially recognises two genders, male and female. Asked at the door of the Cathedral what he thought about the service, he responded to the journalist: “what did you think, not very exciting was it. I did not think it was a good service, they could do much better”. Similar answer to the one he gave about Gaza: the 140-mile Gaza Strip, which is on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, is “the best location in the Middle East.”

“It could be better than Monaco. The best water, the best everything. It’s got, it is the best, I’ve said it for years. You know, I’ve been there, and it’s rough. It’s a rough place, before the, you know, before all of the attacks and before the back-and-forth, what’s happened over the last couple of years”.

The cameras remained focused on Donald Trump and his entourage throughout the approximately 15-minute address.

Bishop Budde’s words centred around three qualities she considered to be at the heart of leadership. Only Trump would........

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