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Promises Made, Promises Kept. Since taking office, President Donald J. Trump has made history again and again for the faith community. Since the founding of our nation, nobody has fought harder or gained more for believers, reversing the catastrophic policies of the previous administration while building on the winning legacy of his first term. President Trump has:

Protected Religious Liberty
Defended Houses of Worship
Secured Conscience Rights
Ended The Weaponization of Government
Promoted Free Speech
Fought Anti-Semitism
Expanded School Choice
Promoted Wholesome Education
Upheld Parental Rights
Saved Women’s Sports
Protected Children from Harmful Procedures and Ideology
Restored Biological Truth
Strengthened Families and Safeguarded Children
Valued Life
Empowered and Supported Mothers
Strengthened Our Military
Restored Fairness for All Americans and Ended DEI
Protected the Courts
Advanced International Religious Freedom
Affirmed Life and Biological Truth Internationally
Supported Israel
Promoted American Values
Partnered with the Faith Community
Honored America’s Faith Legacy
Affirmed Faith in America

As we celebrate America’s 250^th birthday this year, here are 250 reasons why President Trump is the most pro-faith, pro-life, and pro-religious liberty president in American history.

PROTECTED RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

President Trump established the historic White House Faith Office – the first White House office focused exclusively on faith and located in the West Wing – reporting to the President and housed in the Domestic Policy Council.
President Trump created Centers for Faith with Faith Directors or Faith Liaisons in every federal department and agency.
President Trump established the Religious Liberty Commission to secure and promote religious liberty for Americans of all faiths, appointing leaders of every major faith to the Religious Liberty Commission and its advisory boards.
The Religious Liberty Commission held a year-long series of hearings with almost 100 witnesses, culminating in a historic report to the President with recommendations on how this Administration can protect religious liberty for future generations.
The Department of Justice issued guidance to all departments and agencies, directing them to protect religious liberty in all programs, policies, and practices.
President Trump established a new Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias to investigate and dismantle the systematic discrimination against Christians that occurred under the previous Administration.
The Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias released a report and documentary detailing the Biden Administration’s radical efforts to persecute Christians and highlighting how President Trump is ensuring Christians are free to live out their faith.
President Trump issued an executive order to combat anti-Semitism on our campuses and in our streets.
The Department of Health and Human Services created a Conscience and Religious Freedom Division to defend religious liberty and enforce conscience protections in healthcare.
President Trump ordered the repeal of all regulations that violate religious liberty under new U.S. Supreme Court religious liberty precedents.
The Department of Education released prayer guidance emphasizing that students and school officials have a right to pray in school as an expression of individual faith and that parents have the right to direct the education and upbringing of their children.
The Office of Personnel Management issued guidance protecting religious expression and supporting religious accommodations for all federal employees, including in relation to telework.

DEFENDED HOUSES OF WORSHIP

The Department of Justice reached an agreement protecting the free speech of houses of worship in relation to the Johnson Amendment.
The Department of Treasury announced it will issue guidance to protect the religious freedom and free speech of houses of worship in relation to the Johnson Amendment.
The Department of Justice issued a historic opinion eliminating the “religious restriction” that required houses of worship and faith-based organizations to ban religious aspects of their programs to receive federal funds.
The Department of Justice has made protecting houses of worship a “top priority,” including through strong enforcement of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
FEMA announced $300 million in new funding to protect houses of worship and non-profits against potential acts of terrorism and targeted violence.
The Department of Justice swiftly arrested dozens of radical left rioters who attacked a worship service at a Minnesota church — sending a clear message that violence against places of worship will not be tolerated.
The FBI immediately opened an investigation into an attack on a Detroit-area synagogue where more than 100 preschool-aged children were playing, studying, or worshiping, calling the attack “deeply disturbing and tragic.”
The Department of Justice brought federal charges against an attacker who terrorized a synagogue and Jewish community center in New Mexico and another assailant who assaulted worshippers at a Manhattan synagogue.
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit under the FACE Act against violent protestors at a synagogue in New Jersey.
The Department of Justice sued New York for requiring Catholic nuns running a residential hospice ministry to house men with women.

SECURED CONSCIENCE RIGHTS

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission agreed to allow Christian employers to conduct their businesses according to their faith, including on issues of pronouns, restrooms, and dress codes.
The Trump Administration strengthened conscience protections for healthcare providers who object to abortion, sterilization, or assisted suicide.
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched multiple investigations into health care facilities that violated healthcare workers’ conscience rights.
The Department of Health and Human Services launched investigations into states for allegedly coercing health care entities to pay for abortion coverage.
The Department of Health and Human Services rescinded Biden-era guidance that could force pharmacists to stock and dispense abortion pills in pharmacies in violation of the pharmacists’ religious beliefs or conscience.
The Department of Health and Human Services found that the state of Illinois engaged in “impermissible discrimination” in requiring health care providers with conscientious objections to refer patients for abortion services.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed multiple lawsuits against companies for denying religious accommodations to employees from the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission secured justice for federal employees denied religious accommodations under the Biden-era COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
The Department of Justice supported a college football coach who was denied a religious exemption from his employer’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued or investigated multiple companies for refusing to accommodate persons of faith to attend worship services or honor the Sabbath.

ENDED THE WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT

President Trump issued an executive order ending the weaponization of the federal government against all Americans, including people of faith.
The Department of Justice launched the Weaponization Working Group to investigate the weaponization of the federal government under the Biden Administration, including against traditional Catholics and parents expressing concerns at local school board meetings.
The Weaponization Working Group published an in-depth report detailing how the FBI labeled many Catholics as “extremists” and ran investigations and surveillance on priests.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted terminations and oversaw resignations in response to an anti-Catholic memo authored by the FBI during the Biden Administration.
The Weaponization Working Group released a bombshell report on how the Biden DOJ collaborated with pro-abortion groups to target pro-lifers and weaponized the FACE Act against pro-life defendants.
President Trump pardoned Christians and pro-life activists who were unjustly persecuted for praying and peacefully living out their faith.
The Department of Justice restricted the misuse of the FACE Act against pro-life advocates, dismissing several cases aimed at persecuting pro-life Americans.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation terminated all ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League due to the organizations’ radical leanings.
The Department of Justice indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for allegedly funneling fraudulent financial donations to extremist groups.

PROMOTED FREE SPEECH

President Trump issued an executive order restoring free speech and ending federal censorship.
President Trump issued an executive order combating the debanking of Americans based on their political and religious beliefs, which had been targeted at conservatives and people of faith.
The Department of Justice subpoenaed several of America’s largest financial institutions over allegations they debanked Americans because of their religious and/or political views.
The Department of Justice announced the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would investigate Major League Baseball for threatening Christian players who displayed Bible verses on their caps.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against a company after an employee was fired over posting a social media post with a Bible verse.
President Trump issued a national AI legislative framework that protects free speech online.
The Department of Justice moved to officially end the previous Administration’s efforts to coerce social media giants to censor disfavored speech.
The Federal Trade Commission took action to bar collusion by the nation’s largest advertising agencies to demonetize disfavored viewpoints online.
President Trump issued a new counterterrorism strategy prioritizing free speech and pledging that counterterrorism powers will not be weaponized against “our fellow Americans who simply disagree with us.”

FOUGHT ANTI-SEMITISM

The Department of Justice launched a Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.
The Department of Justice created an Anti-Semitism Advisory Committee to provide recommendations to the Department of Justice on strategies to address the rising tide of antisemitism across the United States.
The Department of Justice launched a 15-city National Awareness & Action Tour to combat antisemitism.
The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights is investigating scores of universities that allegedly allowed anti-Semitic discrimination and harassment on campus and has found many others in violation of Title VI for tolerating or failing to take adequate measures to prevent anti-Semitic harassment on campus.
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Harvard University for tolerating assaults, harassment, and intimidation of Jewish and Israeli students.
Multiple federal agencies have canceled billions of dollars in federal grants and contracts to Harvard and Columbia over the universities’ failure to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism.
The Department of Justice sued the University of California for tolerating an appalling hostile educational environment against Jewish and Israeli students.
President Trump secured a historic settlement with Columbia University, holding the University accountable for its violations of civil rights laws.
President Trump immediately condemned the killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. and the Boulder, Colorado attack on those peacefully supporting Israeli hostages as anti-Semitic terrorism.
The Department of Justice announced an investigation into a Brooklyn coffee shop for denying service to a congressman over his support for Israel.

PROTECTED FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

The Office of Management and Budget proposed a new rule protecting religious liberty in grantmaking, clarifying that the federal government may not discriminate against faith-based organizations because of their religious character, affiliation, or exercise.
Key departments have taken steps to ensure faith-based organizations may fully participate in government-funded programs.
The Department of Labor published a website to assist faith-based organizations in competing for federal grants.
The Small Business Administration eliminated a Biden-era ban on disaster relief for faith-based organizations.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development rescinded guidance which required Christian colleges to violate their religious beliefs by opening co-ed dormitories.
The Department of Justice filed briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court supporting tax exemptions for religious groups,religious charter schools, and a Catholic preschool’s right to be included in a benefit program available to secular preschools.

EXPANDED SCHOOL CHOICE & PROMOTED WHOLESOME EDUCATION

President Trump issued an executive order on school choice, supporting parents’ rights to choose private, religious, or public charter schools for their children.
President Trump signed the first-ever national school choice program, empowering parents to choose faith-based schools for their children and ending the monopoly of government-run education.
President Trump’s school choice program in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act has led to school choice expanding across the U.S.
President Trump issued an executive order laying the groundwork to close the Department of Education.
President Trump issued an executive order ending radical indoctrination in schools.
President Trump ended COVID-19 vaccine mandates in schools.
President Trump reinstated common sense school discipline policies.
The Department of Education ended the Biden book ban hoax, ensuring parents can protect their children from books espousing radical secular ideologies such as transgenderism and gender fluidity.
President Trump reformed the higher education accreditation process, which was repeatedly weaponized against faith-based institutions.
The Administration for Children and Families ordered 46 states and territories to remove all references to gender ideology from sex ed materials.
The Trump Administration terminated sexual education grants that promoted inappropriate material for children and undermined parental rights.
The Department of Education prioritized grants to charter schools, ensuring children can access the highest quality schools.

UPHELD PARENTAL RIGHTS

The Department of Justice rescinded the infamous Biden-era Garland memo directing the FBI to investigate parents who raised concerns about their children’s education at local school board meetings.
The Department of Justice issued a memo pledging to upholding parental rights and supported parental rights at the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Department of Health and Human Services warned states not to remove the children of parents who refuse to capitulate to radical transgender ideology.
The Department of Education ordered schools to allow parents to inspect and review education records, including those related to their children’s “gender identity.”
The Department of Education cracked down on school districts violating federal law by hiding students’ “gender transitions” from parents.
The Department of Justice filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit to stop a Kansas public school district from secretly “transitioning” children without their parents’ knowledge or consent.
The Department of Justice investigated multiple California school districts for allegedly failing to notify parents of their right to opt their children out of controversial sex education.
President Trump issued an executive order protecting parental rights and religious freedom in relation to childhood vaccines.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced strong actions to protect parents’ rights in children’s health decisions.
The Department of Health and Human Services issued new guidance to ensure families are not coerced into accepting vaccines by their medical providers and physicians are not penalized for respecting parents’ choices.
The Department of Health and Human Services affirmed West Virginia’s religious exemptions for school vaccine mandates out of respect for parent’s choices.

SAVED WOMEN’S SPORTS

President Trump issued an executive order keeping men out of women’s sports.
The Department of Justice supported keeping men out of women’s sports at the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ upheld biological truth by announcing that references to “sex” in Title IX will no longer also refer to “gender identity.”
The Department of Justice and Department of Education announced a Title IX Special Investigations Team to protect students, especially female athletes, from radical gender ideology in school programs and activities.
The Trump Administration has filed lawsuits, opened investigations, and taken enforcement action against states for failing to protect women and girls in sports.
The Department of Education reversed Biden-era findings that schools violated the law by upholding biological reality.
Following the Trump Administration’s lead, the NCAA and the International Olympic Committee have taken action to align with biological reality and protect women in sports.

PROTECTED CHILDREN FROM HARMFUL PROCEDURES AND IDEOLOGY

President Trump banned federal funding for the chemical and surgical mutilation of minors, protecting children from irreversible harm, followed by a final rule implementing his order.
The Department of Justice supported the right of states to ban sex-rejecting drugs for minors at the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Department of Health and Human Services issued a report highlighting the “significant harms” of gender transition drugs and procedures for minors.
The Department of Health and Human Services published a report, entitled Wolves in White Coats, exposing millions of dollars in fraudulent billing for pediatric sex-rejecting procedures and referring over 100 hospitals and clinics for federal investigation.
The Department of Health and Human Services launched a portal for whistleblowers to file complaints regarding the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.
The Department of Justice ended its prosecution of a whistleblower sounding the alarm over sex-rejecting procedures at a Texas children’s hospital.
The Federal Trade Commission held a workshop on “The Dangers of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Minors.”
The Department of Justice secured multiple resolutions requiring medical facilities to no longer perform sex-rejecting procedures on minors, with some being required to pay penalties and others to establish first-of-their-kind clinics to care for detransitioners.
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against a national transgender association, alleging that the group facilitated false claims that deceived parents about the safety and effectiveness of sex-rejecting procedures for children.
The Department of Justice and FBI set records in eliminating child predators and their online networks by recovering over 6,000 child victims, eliminating over 3 million pedophile accounts from the dark web, and arresting nearly 1,000 criminals targeting children.

RESTORED BIOLOGICAL TRUTH

President Trump issued an executive order restoring biological truth to the federal government and affirming the reality that there are only two sexes, male and female.
President Trump called on Congress to pass the SAVE America Act to affirm biological reality, protect women’s sports, and prohibit sex-rejecting surgeries on children.
President Trump issued a new counterterrorism strategy to protect America from the threats of “radically pro-transgender” ideology.
The Department of Health and Human Services rescinded Biden-era guidance on “gender-affirming care.”
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rescinded Biden-era guidance to ensure that actions such as “misgendering” do not constitute harassment.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission protected women in the federal workplace by allowing federal employers to maintain single-sex bathrooms and locker rooms.
The Department of Health and Human Services issued a proposed rule clarifying that gender dysphoria is not a disability under key federal laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The Bureau of Prisons ended taxpayer-funded sex-rejecting procedures for inmates and announced plans to move men out of women’s federal prisons.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development took action to ensure homeless shelters are not required to house men in facilities intended for women only.
The Trump Administration axed billions of dollars in grants that had been used by states to perpetuate radical gender ideology and related propaganda.
The Department of Justice announced a federal investigation into whether Washington state’s practice of housing men in women’s prison violates the Constitution.

STRENGTHENED FAMILIES AND SAFEGUARDED CHILDREN

President Trump issued an executive order on foster care – a key initiative of First Lady Melania Trump – maximizing partnerships with Americans of faith and seeking to remedy state policies that prohibit qualified people or organizations from serving in foster care due to their religious beliefs.
The Department of Health and Human Services formally rescinded a Biden-era rule that forced foster parents to choose between their religious beliefs and fostering children.
The Administration for Children and Families defended religious foster parents by warning multiple states that gender ideology mandates that deny qualified families the ability to provide loving homes to foster children violate the First Amendment.
As a result of the Trump Administration’s actions to protect religious foster parents, some states have immediately changed their policies to welcome faith-based families in foster care.
President Trump issued a proclamation for National Adoption Month honoring adoptive families, noting that adoption “reflects the deep value our Nation places on family and abundant life.”
President Trump issued a proclamation for National Foster Care Month recognizing that every child deserves love and support and honoring the “heroes” who open their hearts and homes to children in need.
President Trump signed the Take It Down Act – a key initiative of First Lady Melania Trump – protecting children and families from online extortion and exploitation through the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and deepfake abuse.
President Trump issued a national AI legislative framework that will protect children and empower parents in the digital sphere.
President Trump celebrated American fathers for preserving the “nuclear family” as “one of the most powerful and enduring forces for good in our country.”
The Administration for Children and Families awarded over $100 million to promote healthy marriage, responsible fatherhood, and strong families across America, with a large percentage being awarded to faith-based organizations.
The State Department began revoking the passports of parents who owe a “significant amount” of unpaid child support to promote children’s security and stability.
The Department of Justice appointed a National Coordinator for Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking.
The Department of Homeland Security announced the Trump Administration has found over 140,000 migrant children who went missing during the Biden Administration.

DEFENDED LIFE THROUGH YOUR TAX DOLLARS

President Trump mandated enforcement of the Hyde Amendment, ending the use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion in America.
The Department of Justice released an opinion finding that the Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funding of travel or transportation for elective abortions.
President Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, ending the use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund nongovernmental organizations that perform or promote coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization internationally.
The Department of State finalized a historic expansion of the Mexico City Policy to bar U.S. foreign assistance from directly or indirectly subsidizing abortion, gender ideology, or DEI programs.
President Trump ensured the Working Families Tax Cuts Act defunded abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.
The Department of Justice supported states’ rights to defund abortion clinics.
The Small Business Administration opened a review requiring Planned Parenthood affiliates to provide documentation proving their eligibility for $88 million in small business loans they received from the COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program — almost all of which was forgiven by the Biden Administration.

VALUED LIFE

Within one week of taking office in his second term, President Trump shared a pro-life message with the March for Life, referring to the unborn as “precious little babies” while Vice President Vance gave his first speech as vice president at the March for Life, declaring that America is “fundamentally a pro-baby, a pro-life, and a pro-family country.”
In the second year of his second term, President Trump shared another powerful message with the March for Life, reaffirming that every life is a sacred gift from God while Vice President Vance delivered inspiring remarks at the same event, reinforcing the Trump Administration’s unwavering commitment to supporting families and protecting life.
President Trump celebrated Down Syndrome Awareness Month, telling Down Syndrome children they are “amazing.”
The White House issued a presidential message declaring the 53^rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade as National Sanctity of Human Life Day.
The White House issued a statement of support for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced that funds from new Title X grants may not be used to perform abortions and plans to issue new Title X regulations that align with the law and administration priorities.
The Department of Health and Human Services restored Title X funding that the Biden Administration had stripped from states due to the states’ pro-life policies.
The Trump Administration ended the barbaric use of fetal tissue from aborted babies in federally funded research at the National Institutes of Health.
The Department of Health and Human Services sent a letter warning Texas hospitals against denying life-saving care to Baby Gabriel, whose biological parents allegedly asked his surrogate mother to abort him due to a disability.
The Food and Drug Administration is conducting a review of the abortion drug mifepristone.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rescinded certain Biden Administration EMTALA guidance,which sought to force emergency room physicians to perform abortions.
The Trump Administration eliminated Biden-era mandates forcing insurance companies to cover abortions.
The Department of Health and Human Services deactivated ReproductiveRights.gov.

EMPOWERED & SUPPORTED MOTHERS

On Mother’s Day 2026, the Trump Administration launched Moms.gov, a groundbreaking website with resources for new mothers, including a pro-life pregnancy resource center finder, adoption and fertility guides, and programs to support maternal and infant health.
The Trump Administration provided $4 million to address root causes of infertility and expand access to testing and treatments that will help families have children.
President Trump took historic action to lower costs and expand access to IVF and high-quality fertility care while also launching a MAHA education campaign to improve the health and fertility of Americans looking to start a family.
President Trump ensured the Working Families Tax Cuts Act included pro-family measures such as a Child Tax Credit expansion, strengthened adoption tax credits, permanent tax credits for paid family and medical leave, and Trump Investment Accounts for every American newborn.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced new funding opportunities for embryo adoption projects.
The Department of Health and Human Services proposed a new rule allowing pregnant women to receive child support payments for unborn children.
President Trump issued a Mother’s Day proclamation honoring the God-given dignity of every human life, born and unborn, and supporting mothers experiencing unexpected or at-risk pregnancies.

STRENGTHENED OUR MILITARY

President Trump reinstated service members discharged from the military due to their objections to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, including religious service members who requested religious accommodations.
The Department of War announced steps to restore honor to service members separated from the military due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
The Air Force restored full post-service benefits for servicemembers discharged for declining the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Department of Veterans Affairs rescinded a Biden-era speech code that censored the sermons of military chaplains.
The Department of War announced new reforms to make the Chaplain Corps great again and has heldmonthly worship services at the Pentagon.
The Department of War prioritized providing spiritual support for troops, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth encouraging troops to “lean into their faith” and “rely on God.”
President Trump issued an executive order on prioritizing military excellence and readiness, ending the Biden-era policy that allowed personnel to serve with gender dysphoria.
The Department of War announced it will no longer fund gender transitions or medical care related to gender dysphoria.
President Trump issued an executive order to eliminate race-based and sex-based discrimination within the military.
The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a new rule reversing the Biden-era rule that allowed taxpayer funded abortions and required VA employees to offer abortion counseling to veterans, along with ending the practice of paying for service members’ abortion-related travel expenses.

RESTORED FAIRNESS FOR ALL AMERICANS & ENDED DEI

President Trump issued an executive order ending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal government.
President Trump dissolved the White House Gender Policy Council.
President Trump eliminated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices by Federal contractors and their subcontractors.
President Trump eliminated radical gender ideology from U.S. service academies and training programs.
The Office of Personnel Management directed all agencies to close all initiatives, offices, and programs that promote gender ideology.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fined Planned Parenthood $500,000 for DEI-related discrimination.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission stood for fairness for all Americans by suing the New York Times for DEI-related discrimination.
The Federal Communications Commission investigated Disney and ABC for DEI-related discrimination.

PROTECTED THE COURTS

President Trump ended the Biden-era commission on court reform, which explored left-wing ideas like court packing.
President Trump has appointed many constitutionalist judges to the United States federal courts, in addition to appointing three sterling U.S. Supreme Court justices in his last term.

ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

The State Department reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to championing international religious freedom on the anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act.
President Trump designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern in response to the recent killing of thousands of Christians in the country.
President Trump ordered targeted strikes against jihadist Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria who have terrorized Christian communities for years.
The Department of State restricted visas for individuals for individuals who have directed, authorized, significantly supported, participated in, or carried out violations of religious freedom.
The Trump Administration provided life-saving humanitarian assistance to Druze, Christian, and Bedouin communities in Southern Syria and beyond, standing firmly with believers under threat.
The Department of Homeland Security issued an interim final rule removing longstanding restrictions on religious worker visas (R-1) to promote stability and minimize disruptions to the vital services that R-1 religious workers provide to U.S. houses of worship.
The Trump Administration launched a probe into the Spanish government’s euthanasia of 25-year-old Noelia Castillo.
The White House Faith Office hosted a West Wing roundtable with Christians from Sudan, China, Nigeria, Cuba, Turkey, and Finland – bearing witness to harrowing accounts of anti-Christian persecution throughout the world.
President Trump issued a proclamation in honor of Captive Nations Week upholding the “simple truth that our rights do not come from Government, but from God in Heaven.”
President Trump brokered multiple peace deals throughout the world, ushering in a new era of partnership and peace in key areas of the globe.

AFFIRMED LIFE AND BIOLOGICAL TRUTH INTERNATIONALLY

At the United Nations, a Trump Administration representative expressed concern that the UN can’t answer the question “What is a woman?” and affirmed the truth of biological reality.
The United States advocated for “gender” to refer only to men and women at a United Nations meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women.
President Trump directed agencies to ensure all foreign aid programs and all funding provided to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) aligns with American interests.
The Trump Administration ended the practice of allowing gender self-identification on passports, restoring biological sex as the sole basis for sex designation.
The State Department announced the U.S. will serve as the lead nation for the Geneva Consensus Declaration, an alliance of countries that champions women’s health, strengthens the natural family, and rejects an international right to abortion.
The U.S. withdrew from the pro-abortion, anti-faith, anti-freedom, World Health Organization (WHO).
The Department of State encouraged foreign nations to protect children from the dangers of online pornography and sexual abuse.

SUPPORTED ISRAEL

President Trump stood steadfast with the State of Israel throughout its war with Hamas, ensuring peace through strength not only in the Middle East, but throughout the world.
President Trump negotiated an end to the conflict in Gaza, the release of all Israeli hostages, and a robust foundation for sustainable peace in the Middle East.
President Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House as the first world leader to be invited to the White House during the President’s second term.
For President Trump’s efforts toward peace in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize and said “Donald Trump is the greatest friend that the state of Israel has ever had in the White House.”
President Trump appointed Governor Mike Huckabee, a staunch ally of Israel, as Ambassador to Israel.
The Department of Justice launched Joint Task Force October 7 to seek justice for victims of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack in Israel.
President Trump imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court for issuing baseless arrest warrants for key Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
President Trump withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) due to its protection of human rights abusers and from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) due to its employees’ involvement in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, while announcing the U.S. would withdraw from United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for continually demonstrating anti-Israel sentiment.
President Trump appointed leaders to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council to ensure Americans “never forget” those lost in one of the “darkest moments” in history.
President Trump took decisive action through Operation Midnight Hammer to ensure Iran will never attain a nuclear weapon.
President Trump launched operation Epic Fury, ensuring Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon and ceases destabilizing activities throughout the world.

PROMOTED AMERICAN VALUES

The White House released a report finding gross ideological capture at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History and affirming that the museum should celebrate American exceptionalism rather than denigrate our history.
President Trump issued an executive order outlining steps to restore truth, sanity, and trustworthiness to the Smithsonian Institution, and the White House sent a letter to the Institution’s Board of Regents implementing those steps.
The Department of Education launched an America 250 Civics Education Coalition dedicated to renewing patriotism, strengthening civic knowledge, and advancing a shared understanding of America’s founding principles in schools across the nation.
The State Department instituted the “One Flag Policy,” permitting only the American flag to be flown at U.S. embassies.
The Department of Veterans Affairs instituted a new policy permitting only American flags, U.S. State flags, and other military or government flags to be flown at VA facilities.
President Trump fired many board members of the Kennedy Center, a DC arts venue, over the previous board’s perpetuation of radical ideology at taxpayers’ expense.

PARTNERED WITH THE FAITH COMMUNITY

The Department of State awarded nearly $2 billion in global aid to faith-based and community organizations – the largest allocation of global health foreign assistance to such organizations in over 20 years.
The White House is partnering with faith-based entities to help Americans struggling with drug addiction find help, treatment, and recovery.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced $700 million in new funding to fight mental illness,addiction, and homelessness, including in partnership with faith-based organizations.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development welcomed the faith community to partner with it in addressing underlying causes of homelessness.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is hosting conferences around the country to encourage faith and business communities to revitalize Opportunity Zones through economic and community development.
The Bureau of Prisons launched the Prison Fellowship Academy, the nation’s first faith-based, evidence-based recidivism reduction program under the First Step Act.

HONORED AMERICA’S FAITH LEGACY

President Trump held a year-long grand celebration honoring the history of our great nation on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of American independence.
President Trump launched the America Prays initiative, a call for Americans to unite in prayer for the nation’s strength, peace, and prosperity as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
President Trump issued a proclamation declaring 2026 a year of celebration and rededication.
President Trump rededicated America as one nation under God at Rededicate 250, where approximately 50,000 people gathered on the National Mall to celebrate America’s faith heritage.
President Trump honored 250 years of the Bible in America as he and key Administration officials publicly readscripture passages as a part of the week-long “America Reads the Bible” event at the Museum of the Bible.
On the National Mall on July 4, 2026, President Trump honored God’s providence in American history, stating that America’s destiny has been “written by God,” making America “the hope, the promise, the light, and the glory among all of the nations of the world.”
President Trump honored Founding Father George Washington for his acknowledgement that, in order to be a great nation, America must be a nation that prays and gives thanks to our Creator.
President Trump honored Founding Father James Madison, drafter of the Bill of Rights, as a champion of religious freedom.
President Trump honored Founding Father Thomas Jefferson for being a steadfast defender of religious freedom and penning the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which laid the foundation for the First Amendment.
President Trump celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, observing how a “single revolutionary truth” laid the foundation for American greatness – that “all men are created equal” and are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, and that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
President Trump issued a proclamation in honor of Bill of Rights Day, vowing to always preserve, protect, and defend our God-given rights.

AFFIRMED FAITH IN AMERICA

President Trump opened his first cabinet meeting in prayer.
In the State of the Union, President Trump celebrated the “tremendous renewal in religion, faith, Christianity, and belief in God” since he was reelected, and called on all Americans to, “come together to reaffirm that America is one nation under God.”
President Trump and many Cabinet members honored the life, legacy, and faith of Charlie Kirk at Kirk’s memorial service.
President Trump called religious liberty part of “the bedrock of American life” and committed to “protect [that] fundamental freedom with absolute devotion.”
President Trump committed to fighting to “defend America’s longstanding legacy of prayer, faith, and trust in God.”
NASA astronauts on the Artemis II spoke about their faith and honored God as they flew around the moon and celebrated returning safely home.

HONORED RELIGIOUS DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE

President Trump honored the National Day of Prayer by hosting a Rose Garden event with religious leaders of many faiths and issuing a message honoring America’s “enduring tradition of prayer, faith, and trust in Almighty God.”
President Trump and the First Lady issued messages honoring Ash Wednesday and the start of Holy Week and hosted an Easter Dinner at the White House.
President Trump issued a message celebrating Pentecost.
President Trump issued a message celebrating Passover.
President Trump issued a message celebrating Christmas.
President Trump issued a proclamation honoring the memory of His Holiness Pope Francis and a messagehonoring the legacy of His Holiness Pope Saint John Paul II.
President Trump issued a message celebrating the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and a messagecelebrating the Feast of the Ascension.
President Trump issued a message celebrating Global Coptic Day.
President Trump issued a proclamation honoring Jewish American Heritage Month and a message celebrating Education and Sharing Day.
President Trump issued a message celebrating Yom Kippur and a message celebrating Rosh Hashanah.
President Trump issued a proclamation honoring Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust and a proclamation honoring the National Day of Remembrance of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
The President issued presidential messages sending his warmest greetings for Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr.
President Trump hosted an Iftar dinner at the White House.
President Trump issued a message celebrating Diwali.
President Trump issued a message commemorating Holi.
President Trump issued a proclamation honoring Religious Freedom Day.