With God’s Help, Trump Says, “We Will Make Our Nation Stronger”
In the Christian faith, the week leading up to Easter is known as Holy Week.
Beginning with Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, the observation of Holy Week looks to the Messiah’s journey to the cross on Good Friday and His resurrection on Easter Sunday.
In a substantive presidential message on Sunday, April 13, President Donald Trump wrote on the meaning of the week ahead.
A variation of this message was posted to Truth Social later that evening, with Trump invoking the words of John 3:16, saying:
“This Holy Week, Christians around the World remember the Crucifixion of God’s Only Begotten Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and, on Easter Sunday, we celebrate His Glorious Resurrection and proclaim, as Christians have done for nearly 2,000 years, ‘HE IS RISEN!’”
Using words like “our,” Trump’s message is part personal confession and part creedal statement.
Continuing his Holy Week post, Trump wrote that “History was forever changed” by “the pain and sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross.” Paving the way for believers to have everlasting life, he attributed this to “God’s boundless Love and Devotion to all Humanity.”
In his presidential message, he also issued a promise to the American people, writing:
“This Holy Week, my Administration renews its promise to defend the Christian faith in our schools, military, workplaces, hospitals, and halls of government. We will never waver in safeguarding the right to religious liberty, upholding the dignity of life, and protecting God in our public square.”
Trump concluded his post by wishing everyone a happy Easter, adding that “America is a Nation of Believers.” Further, he wrote, “We need God, we want God and, with His help, we will make our Nation Stronger, Safer, Greater, more Prosperous, and more United than ever before.”
On X, formerly Twitter, this statement was accompanied by a 2020 image of the president joined by First Lady Melania Trump at the altar of the Redemptor Hominis Church at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C.
See the image of the First Couple here:
Trump’s Personal Faith
Confirmed Presbyterian at the age of 13 in 1959, Trump has frequently credited his foundation of faith to his upbringing attending First Presbyterian Church with his parents in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
In a 2020 interview, he said he is now non-denominational.
Since the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — which also saw retired firefighter Corey Comperatore, 50, killed — many have observed a change in Trump’s demeanor.
“There was blood pouring everywhere, and yet, in a certain way, I felt very safe because I had God on my side,” Trump said of the incident in his remarks at the 2024 Republican National Convention only days later.
Similar remarks were made as he was sworn in for his second presidential term on January 20th, stating, “Just a few months ago at a beautiful Pennsylvania field, an assassin’s bullet ripped through my ear, but I felt then, and believe even moreso, now, that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again.”
At the 2025 National Prayer Breakfast, on February 6th, Trump expounded upon this, saying, “Honestly, it changed something in me. I believe in God, but I feel much more strongly about it — something happened.”
Notably, Vice President J.D. Vance is a devout Catholic, having converted to the faith as an adult.
