Trump criticizes ‘nasty’ bishop who made pro-immigrant and LGBTQ+ plea
Mariann Edgar Budde’s inaugural prayer service sermon draws fury from conservatives as others praise her ‘courage’
Who is Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop who angered Trump with inaugural sermon?
Anna Betts
Wed 22 Jan 2025 12.36 EST
After a bishop at the National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration on Tuesday implored Donald Trump to “have mercy upon” immigrants and LGBTQ+ people, many have spoken out about the remarks – including Trump himself.
In a lengthy social media post early on Wednesday, Trump called the Right Rev Mariann Edgar Budde a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater” adding that “she brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way” and criticized her tone as “nasty”.
Later on in the statement, Trump described the service as “boring” and “uninspiring” and said that Budde and her church “owe the public an apology!”
Budde, 65, who is the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, used her inaugural prayer service sermon at the Washington National Cathedral to appeal to Trump directly.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/22/trump-bishop-mariann-edgar-budde