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President Donald Trump will attend the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday for his sixth appearance at the bipartisan gathering focused on the nation’s faith and prayer.
“Today, President Trump will unite our country through the power of prayer at the 74th National Prayer Breakfast,” White House spokesman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital. “President Trump has taken unprecedented steps to protect our God-given rights and has delivered on his promise to reverse Joe Biden’s divisive policies that armed the federal government against men and women of faith. President Trump has scored a major victory for religious freedom — from protecting innocent life to restoring biological truth and protecting basic parental rights.”
Trump is expected to speak at 8:30 a.m. at the Washington Hilton in an event that usually draws hundreds of lawmakers, business leaders, state officials and foreign dignitaries.
This year, Fox News Digital learned from notable attendees including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Mrs. Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Mr. John Wakefield, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Mrs. Burgum, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins and Mrs. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.
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President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Feb. 6, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, and Mrs. Denise Nyakero Tshisekedi are among the foreign leaders who will attend the breakfast.
Musicians Michael W. Smith and Jelly Roll will also attend, Fox News Digital has learned.
Trump first ran for president in 2017 and returned last year, using his words to promise action against what he called Christian bias tied to the Biden administration.
“When I was in the White House, we will protect the Christians in our schools, in our military, in our government, in our workplaces, in our hospitals and in our public squares, and we will bring our country back together as one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all,” Trump said during last year’s event.
Almost a year ago to the day, Trump launched the White House Faith Office through an Executive Order, tasking it with leading the executive branch in outreach to religious groups, community organizations and houses of worship. In honor of its one-year anniversary and prayer breakfast, Fox News Digital has learned that the office launched a campaign showcasing “150 reasons why President Trump is the most liberal, pro-life, and pro-faith president in American history.”
“He has protected religious freedom and affirmed faith in America. He has fought against Christianity, anti-Semitism, and other forms of religious discrimination while ending government weapons against all people of faith. He has expanded school choice, protected parents’ rights, restored biological truth, uplifted families, ended illegal and divisive DEI policies, stopped the tax on speech, and stood up for the liberal side of Israeli taxpayers,” the Faith Office said of Trump.
Vendors set up a table of “Make America Pray Again” hats during the 2024 NRB International Christian Media Convention Presidential Forum in Nashville, Tennessee, on Feb. 22, 2024. (Brett Carlsen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The National Prayer Breakfast was established in 1953 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower accepted an invitation to join members of Congress for what was the first version of the event. The morning event is built around speeches and prayer, and has historically included remarks by the president and other invited speakers.
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Trump’s presence at the annual event comes as he continues to discuss his faith and relationship with God following an assassination attempt on him in July 2024 that left him with a head injury when a gunman opened fire on his campaign trail in Pennsylvania.
“There was blood everywhere, but somehow I felt very safe, because I had God on my side,” Trump said on the stage of the Republican National Convention a few days after the assassination attempt. “The amazing thing is that before I was shot, if I hadn’t moved my head at the last moment, the killer’s bullet would have hit the target, and I wouldn’t be with you tonight.”
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President Donald Trump has elevated faith as a central theme in his second term, including signing executive orders to create a White House Office of Faith and issuing a proclamation urging Americans to renew their commitment to national identity as a “Nation under God”.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 5, 2026. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“From the founding of the Jamestown Colony to the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, through times of war and peace and through every challenge and every triumph, religious faith has indelibly shaped our humanity, informed our laws, strengthened our national spirit,” the proclamation establishing “Religious Freedom Day 2026” on Jan. 16 we read.
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“I pledge that I will never stop fighting to restore America as a nation of prayer, a nation of faith, and a shining beacon of freedom and justice for all,” Trump’s latest announcement continued.
