Sunday, February 08, 2026
Sunday Reflection: The Prayer Breakfast
The National Prayer Breakfast was held in DC this week-- a big annual event for a certain kind of person. I am not that kind of person; I am thoroughly on record for my belief that ostentatious prayer is totally contrary to Jesus's teachings. Matthew 6:5-6, for example, says this:
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."
Donald Trump, apparently, IS that kind of person, and he spent the morning of Feb. 5 giving a very long speech at the event. Let's fact-check some of what he had to say:
But I said I'm never going to make it to heaven. I just don't think I qualify. I don't think there's a thing I can do. But all of these good things I'm doing, including for religion. You know, religion is back now hotter than ever before. I mean, I have to tell you. But I said even though I did that and so many other things, I named things, I said I won't qualify, I'm not going to make it to heaven.
Fact-check: "Religion" in the United States is not "hotter than ever before," according to Pew Research. The rest of it ("never going to make it to heaven") checks out as true.
You know, they rigged the second election. I had to win it, had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would have had a bad ego for the rest of my life. No, I really have a big ego, though. Beating these -- beating these lunatics was incredible, right, what a great feeling, winning every swing state, winning the popular vote.
Fact-check: Uh, well, the election wasn't rigged. The ego stuff checks out. Seems like maybe he is losing the thread that this is a prayer breakfast?
But it's not recognizable, Europe. If you go through the different cities, it's a very sad thing. And I tell it -- I went over to Davos, they invited me. And when I left, they said that may have been the stupidest invitation we ever gave to somebody, Switzerland. But they have to -- I just say it like it is, they're destroying their country.
Fact-check: True. It was the stupidest invitation ever.
Where's Tulsi? She took a lot of heat two days ago because she went in -- at Pam's insistence, she went in and she looked at votes that want to be checked out from Georgia. They say, why is she doing it? Right, Pam? Why is she doing it? Because Pam wanted her to do it and, you know why? Because she's smart.
Fact-check: True. They did say "why is she doing it?"
They're here, including one of my favorite people, President Bukele of El Salvador. He has been so incredible. He has been such a great ally of this country. Thank you very much. Such a great ally. He's -- some of you have seen, he operates rather large prisons, like prisons that's so large you can't see from one side to the other, unless you have perfect 20/20 eyesight with binoculars.
Fact-check: True. El Salvador does have a giant prison.
You know, they were saying about Kristi Noem yesterday. I did the Super Bowl interview. “Sir, are you going to relieve Kristi Noem of her duties?” No. No. I said, why would I do that? We have the strongest border in the history of our country. We have the best crime numbers we’ve ever had. Going back to the year 1900, that’s 125 years. We have the lowest crime numbers, despite the fact that this horrible, world’s worst — this is the worst President we’ve ever had, Biden.
Fact-check: True. He did do the Super Bowl interview. Which would seem to call for a different script than the National Prayer Breakfast, maybe?
“We have a lot of portable airports. Right, Pete? We have portable airports all over the Middle East — runways that are portable. You put them down, you take them up. We have equipment. Nobody has the stuff we have. We have airports that look better than Kennedy Airport. And they’re built in sand. And it took us about two minutes to build them.”
Fact-check: True. Nobody has the stuff we have. Including portable airports that take two minutes to build and that look better than Trump- Kennedy Airport.
But the biggest thing is — what’s happened to me is the spirit of our country, and that goes for religion, but it also goes for the military. We couldn’t recruit anybody to go into our great military. We were the worst, I think it’s ever been, two and a half years ago, under the Sleepy Joe Biden administration. They call them Crooked Joe and Sleepy Joe. I find them to be equal, actually. I say — I do polls. Which is better, Crooked Joe or Sleepy Joe?
Fact-Check: True. There were actually two Joe Bidens. Also, what happened to Trump is the spirit of the country. And that goes for religion.
You know, she’s very elegant. You saw that from the movie. She’s not into the world of indictments. Not Melania. Now she doesn’t know what an indictment — you know, it’s not her deal. Her movie, by the way, big success. That movie is a big success. Right? Yeah, I called up so many times, I’d say, “You know, honey, I just got indicted again.” “Don’t worry about it.” She’s fine. But think of it. Many times.
Fact-Check: True. Trump has been indicted many, many times. And "Don't worry about it" sounds like what Melania would say, doesn't it?
Sigh. We really shouldn't look to political leaders for spiritual guidance, and maybe this whole mess shows us the problem with the whole "prayer breakfast" for politicians thing...
