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National Prayer Breakfast was a moment for leaders to show humility – Trump changed it

  • Written by Diane Winston, Associate Professor and Knight Center Chair in Media & Religion, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
President Donald Trump holds up a newspaper to show a headline that reads, 'Acquitted,' at the 68th annual National Prayer Breakfast, in Washington D.C..AP Photo/ Evan Vucci

A heaping plate of partisan politics, sprinkled with religious faith, topped the menu at the 68th National Prayer Breakfast.

On the morning of Feb. 6, President Donald Trump...

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