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Trump Prays for Journalists: ‘God Bless Everyone in This Room’
Breitbart ^ | 01/30/2025 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 01/30/2025 11:14:56 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

President Donald Trump offered prayers for the journalists in the White House briefing room on Thursday, as he addressed the media about Wednesday’s deadly midair collision between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter.

Trump began his remarks by asking for a moment of silence, then spoke for several minutes. At the end of his prepared remarks, he concluded: “God bless everyone in this room,” referring to the members of the press corps.

It was a far cry from Trump’s usual jabs at the “fake news,” and a sign of the seriousness with which the president and the new administration are taking the crash. Trump also expressed grief and sorrow, specifically mentioning Russian passengers who were aboard the flight from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy also addressed the briefing about the crash, which occurred on his second day on the job. Contrary to early reports, there were no survivors of the crash.

For several years, this author has suggested started White House press briefings with a moment of silence and a short prayer, whose text would include not only prayers for the president but also for the members of the media present.

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KEYWORDS: everyone; godbless; journalists; prayers; room; trump
I am certain CNN and MSNBC will spin this as a negative.
1 posted on 01/30/2025 11:14:56 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Praying for he and his officials, too.

The legacy media needs to shut up.


2 posted on 01/30/2025 11:17:58 AM PST by madison10
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m sure they will. It’s just a question of how.


3 posted on 01/30/2025 11:18:01 AM PST by mbrfl
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump’s invocation was this writer’s idea. Just so you know 🙄


4 posted on 01/30/2025 11:24:22 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: TornadoAlley3

It is rather odd.


5 posted on 01/30/2025 11:29:05 AM PST by madison10
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Probably easier for him to wish the journalists well now that Acosta is gone.


7 posted on 01/30/2025 12:03:32 PM PST by Joann37
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To: ChicagoConservative27

apparently, no one in this thread gets it, why President Trump might ask that God bless the journalists

from Jesus Himself via Luke

“I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance.”


8 posted on 01/30/2025 2:14:27 PM PST by Old West Conservative
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To: ChicagoConservative27

NBC didn’t even mention it....


9 posted on 01/30/2025 5:22:46 PM PST by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

witness: President Trump said ‘May God bless everyone in this room’

cop: ‘Then what happened?’

witness: at which point, all journalists started hissing with puffs of smoke emanating
from their person... then they all dropped to the floor, writhing in pain, tearing at
their clothing... then they all just exploded sending chunks in every direction.


10 posted on 01/30/2025 8:15:49 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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