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Trump Pushes “America Prays” Rally as 60% View Founders Christian

5/4/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump promoted the “America Prays” gathering on the National Mall.
Scholars call the founders’ faith a “usable past” for agendas, while historians Gregg Frazer and Mark David Hall dispute its role, with Frazer calling the founders theistic rationalists and Hall saying Christianity shaped the ideas.
A 2022 Pew Research Center survey found 60% of U.S. adults believe the founders intended America to be a Christian nation.

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U.S. President Donald Trump promoted the “America Prays” gathering on the National Mall.
Scholars call the founders’ faith a “usable past” for agendas, while historians Gregg Frazer and Mark David Hall dispute its role, with Frazer calling the founders theistic rationalists and Hall saying Christianity shaped the ideas.
A 2022 Pew Research Center survey found 60% of U.S. adults believe the founders intended America to be a Christian nation.