In a made-for-propaganda-TV moment, he led a bizarre parade from the White House to St. John’s Episcopal Church down the street on the evening of June 1, where he waited for someone in his entourage to hand him a Bible.
Since the church was built in 1816, every president has attended services at St. John’s, a block away from the White House.
Rev. Gini Gerbasi, rector at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Georgetown, was on the patio of the church at the time with protestors, explaining that the space was being used as a respite, for rest or prayer.
On Sunday directly following his demands for places of worship to reopen, Trump was nowhere near a church service, opting instead to spend the Sabbath on the golf course.
For an economy-obsessed president who has claimed that the Bible is his favorite book, Trump has a hard time putting his money where his mouth is.
