Trump's big-tent religious appeal doesn't care about creed or denomination
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TL;DR
- President Trump unites diverse religious groups, even those with opposing beliefs, to build his coalition.
- He has a strong intuition that faith communities benefit the country and are essential to civil society.
- Trump personally intervened to correct the Pentagon's religious affiliation codes after the LDS church was excluded from the 'Christian' category.
- The administration has focused on Catholic holy days and engaged with Catholic leaders, while also supporting other traditional religious expressions.
- Initiatives like the White House Faith Office and Religious Liberty Commission underscore the administration's commitment to faith.
- While some see Trump's embrace of religious pluralism as theologically confused, others are grateful for it as an alternative to secularism.
- Trump's personal religious background includes Presbyterianism and a recent shift to nondenominational Protestantism.