President Trump during his 2017 Thanksgiving address.
FLORIDA, November 23, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — In his first-ever Thanksgiving address as President, Donald Trump mentioned God eight times, reversing former President Obama’s refusal to mention the name of God even once in his Thanksgiving Proclamations since 2009.
President Trump in his address today thanked God for his providence and asking God to continue to bless the nation. He gave his address from his Mar-a-Lago Resort in Florida. A cheery crackling fire in the background set the thanksgiving mood.
Trump recounted how thanking God for his blessings and asking him for his continued blessing is part of the American way. He noted that when the pilgrims arrived in Plymouth almost four hundred years ago, their “first act was to pray.”
“On their first Thanksgiving, they came together to rejoice after their harvest and praise God for his provision. Since then, Americans have always remembered the blessings of freedom and the glory of God,” he said.
Trump said that George Washington, in his first year as president, “proclaimed a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. He asked all citizens to unite in sincere and humble thanks for God’s providence and
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