U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday terrorism is a “fundamental threat to religious freedom” and reiterated his campaign promise to put an end to it.
Speaking at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, an event attended by political and religious leaders from around the world, Trump said “It (terrorism) must be stopped and it will be stopped. It may not be pretty for a little while. It will be stopped.”
Trump went on to say his administration will develop a system “to help ensure that those admitted into our country fully embrace our values of religious and personal liberty and that they reject any form of oppression and discrimination.”
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The breakfast has been co-hosted in Washington since 1953 by the Fellowship Foundation, a non-profit group of people “joined together by our interest” in Jesus, and a committee of U.S. congressional members. More than 3,000 people attend annually.
Dwight Eisenhower was the first U.S. president to speak at the event and every president elected after Eisenhower has followed suit.
Thursday’s event was co-chaired by two U.S. senators: Republican John Boozman and Democrat Chris Coons.
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