Trump’s Bible walk at Lafayette Square becomes the day’s defining self-own
Federal officers cleared protesters near the White House, and Trump used the open path to stage a walk to St. John’s Church with a Bible held aloft like a prop. The optics were radioactive: a peaceful protest area was pushed aside, the president looked performative instead of presidential, and criticism came fast from Democrats, clergy, civil-rights advocates, and even some Republicans. The episode hardened the sense that Trump was treating a national crisis like a set piece.
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Trump’s Bible walk at Lafayette Square becomes the day’s defining self-own
Federal officers cleared protesters near the White House, and Trump used the open path to stage a walk to St. John’s Church with a Bible held aloft like a prop. The optics were radioactive: a peaceful protest area was pushed aside, the president looked performative instead of presidential, and criticism came fast from Democrats, clergy, civil-rights advocates, and even some Republicans. The episode hardened the sense that Trump was treating a national crisis like a set piece.
Federal officers cleared protesters near the White House, and Trump used the open path to stage a walk to St. John’s Church with a Bible held aloft like a prop. The optics were radioactive: a peaceful protest area was pushed aside, the president looked performative instead of presidential, and criticism came fast from Democrats, clergy, civil-rights advocates, and even some Republicans. The episode hardened the sens…
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