Donald Trump has been speaking again in Washington at a prayer breakfast.
He began his meandering speech by talking around his first days in office – with international correspondent Diana Magnay describing it as a “kind of eulogy” to his premiership so far.
But in the middle of his remarks, Trump announced he will sign an executive order today to make attorney general Pam Bondi the head of a task force to “eradicate anti-Christian bias”.
“You never heard about that one before but it’s about time,” he said.
The task force will halt “anti-Christian discrimination” in the federal government and prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism, he said.
He also announced the creation of a presidential commission on religious liberty.
It will “work tirelessly to uphold” religious freedom, he said.
Reacting to the speech, Magnay said: “He didn’t use the word ‘multi-faith’ at any point.”It felt to me that he was focusing pretty much on the Christian faith – rather than bringing all Americans of all faiths on board.” (Skynews)