As tensions in the Israel-US-Iran conflict escalated, on March 5 local time, U.S. President's Special Assistant and Communications Advisor Margot Martin posted on social media platform X that U.S. President Trump was praying with pastors from across the country in the Oval Office. Margot Martin also released a video of the prayer activity, showing that Trump was surrounded in the center, with multiple people placing their hands on him, reciting prayers silently.
The prayer read: "We pray for your grace and protection to safeguard our armed forces and all men and women serving in the armed forces," "We pray that you continue to grant our president the strength needed to lead our nation."
Screenshot of Margot Martin's account
This is not the first time that Trump has held a "group prayer" in the White House. Shortly after his re-election as President of the United States in March 2025, Trump invited evangelical clergy to pray in the Oval Office.
Prayer ceremony in the White House in 2025
During the critical period of the 2020 election, due to unfavorable campaign results, Trump's religious advisor Paula White once led an "emotional" prayer ceremony to support Trump's campaign. She claimed that on the day of the election, they would again "defeat all those who are with the devil in the name of Jesus." In the end, Biden won this election.
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