{"id":2517933,"date":"2025-12-05T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-quotes-gospel-of-john-tells-audience-youre-right-as-they-cheer-jesus-name-at-natl-christmas-tree-lighting\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:38:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:38:22","slug":"watch-trump-quotes-gospel-of-john-tells-audience-youre-right-as-they-cheer-jesus-name-at-natl-christmas-tree-lighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-quotes-gospel-of-john-tells-audience-youre-right-as-they-cheer-jesus-name-at-natl-christmas-tree-lighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Trump Quotes Gospel of John, Tells Audience &#8216;You&#8217;re Right&#8217; as They Cheer Jesus&#8217; Name at Nat&#8217;l Christmas Tree Lighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-trump-quotes-gospel-of-john-tells-audience-youre-right-as-they-cheer-jesus-name-at-natl-christmas-tree-lighting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2517933&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the summary:<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday night, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump lit the national Christmas tree at the White House, continuing a tradition over 100 years old. In his speech, President Trump chose to focus on the true meaning of Christmas by emphasizing Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, rather than delivering a generic holiday message. He spoke about the miracle of Jesus&#8217; birth in Bethlehem, the gift of God&#8217;s love, and the promise of salvation. Trump also referenced a recent peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and quoted the Gospel of John to emphasize Jesus as the light of all mankind. His open acknowledgment of Christ and the religious foundation of the nation was seen as a bold and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-to-vote-on-whether-to-become-first-state-to-adopt-classical-education-model\/\" title=\"Florida to vote on becoming first state to adopt classical education model.\">refreshing departure<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >usual politically cautious remarks<\/a> by public officials. The speech called for more leaders to openly embrace and champion Christian values,not just during Christmas but as a continual guiding principle.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thursday night saw the lighting of the national Christmas tree from the White House by President Donald Trump along with First Lady Melania Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Although this tradition has been going on for more than 100 years, Trump&rsquo;s speech at the ceremony was an exceptional one for our time.<\/p>\n<p>The president did not provide an anodyne message of &ldquo;thankfulness&rdquo; or &ldquo;holiday cheer.&rdquo; He decided to correctly focus the attention of the crowd on one true reason for Christmas &mdash; our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Merry Christmas. Thanks so much Donald John Trump. The mainstream, liberal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-finally-discovers-china-uses-u-s-media-to-attack-the-united-states\/\" title=\"CNN Finally Discovers China Uses U.S. Media To Attack The United States\">woke media<\/a> may demonise you as much as they want but we cannot be deceived.<\/p>\n<p>We know that the woke left and their left wing woke media propagandists hate Christianity and they will do anything to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J9HOgnsK5Y\">pic.twitter.com\/J9HOgnsK5Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Advocacy For Good Governance (@governance_101) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/governance_101\/status\/1996855088069968026?\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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the president said to cheers.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the cheering crowd, he gave a simple, &ldquo;you&rsquo;re right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Full of grace and truth, he brought the gift of God&rsquo;s love into the world and the promise of salvation for every person and every nation,&rdquo; he said, mentioning the recent news of a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2025-12-04\/trump-hosts-congo-rwanda-leaders-in-latest-push-for-peace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. News<\/a> reported that the deal was signed that day by Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi.<\/p>\n<p>Trump then quoted directly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%201%3A4-9&amp;version=KJV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gospel of John<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With the birth of Jesus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-dc-lights-the-national-christmas-tree\/\" title=\"Washington DC lights the ...\">human history turned<\/a> from night to day,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;His word and his example call us to love one another and to serve one another and to honor the sacred truth that every child is specially made in the image of God.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It is an understatement to call Trump&rsquo;s unashamed admission of Christ our Savior and our only true focus at Christmas time refreshing.<\/p>\n<p>Public officials are usually keener to walk on eggshells, providing a benign message to the American people.<\/p>\n<p>As former <a href=\"https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Adams\/99-02-02-3102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President John Adams wrote<\/a> in 1798, &ldquo;Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There is no question Adams was talking about a Christian people.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it be the Anglicans, the Puritans, or several other Christian denominations, the religious history of this country began with Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>We need more champions for Christ in office.<\/p>\n<p>We need more of our officials to stop shying away from the greatness of our Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas is the appropriate occasion for such an invocation, but it should not be the only one.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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