Overview
- During a Fox News conversation with Laura Trump, White House faith adviser Paula White-Cain said the president went to Saturday school, Sunday school, and church up to three times a week as a child.
- The phrasing drew swift mockery across social platforms, with Keith Olbermann and attorney Bradley P. Moss deriding the math in posts on X.
- Journalists and commentators piled on with jokes and disbelief, underscoring doubts about the claim and the effort to bolster the president's religious image.
- The episode follows the White House’s removal of an Easter lunch video that drew clergy criticism for Christlike comparisons, adding pressure on its faith messaging strategy.
- Left-leaning outlets amplified the backlash as part of coverage of the president’s second-term use of religious imagery and his reliance on evangelical allies like White-Cain.