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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 and affirmed faith in America. He has fought anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, and other forms of anti-religious bias while ending the weaponization of government against all people of faith. He has expanded school choice, protected parental rights, restored biological truth, uplifted families, ended illegal and divisive DEI policies, stopped taxpayer funding for abortion, restored free speech, and stood side-by-side with Israel. He is the most pro-faith and pro-religious liberty President in American history.
 
 Here are 100 reasons why:

Protecting Religious Liberty

• President TrumpestablishedthehistoricWhite 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 createdCenters for Faith with Faith Directors or Faith Liaisons in every department and agency.
• President Trump establishedthe Religious Liberty Commission to secure and promote religious liberty for Americans of all faiths.
• President Trump appointed leaders of all faiths to the Religious Liberty Commission and its advisory boards.
• President Trump establishedthe Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias.
• President Trump issued an executive orderto combat anti-Semitism on our campuses and in our streets. 
• President Trump pardonedChristians and pro-life activists who were persecuted by the Biden Administration for praying and peacefully living out their faith.
• President Trump orderedthe repeal of all regulations that violate religious liberty under new U.S. Supreme Court religious liberty precedents. 
• The Department of Justice supported religious charter schoolsandtax exemptions for religious groups at the U.S. Supreme Court.
• The Department of Justice foundthat speech from a house of worship to its congregation in connection with religious services through its usual channels of communication on matters of faith does not run afoul of the Johnson Amendment.
• The U.S. Office of Personnel Management issued guidance supporting religious accommodationsand protecting religious expressionin the federal workplace.
• The Department of Health and Human Service has launchedmultipleinvestigations into health care facilities that violated healthcare workers’ conscience rights.
• The Department of Veterans Affairs rescindeda Biden-era speech code that censored the sermons of military chaplains.
• The Small Business Administration eliminateda Biden-era ban on disaster relief for faith-based organizations.

Fighting Anti-Semitism

• The Department of Justice launcheda Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.
• The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights is investigating60 universities that allowed anti-Semitic discrimination and harassment on campus and has chargedsomewith Title VI violations.
• Multiple federal agencies have canceled billions of dollars in federal grants and contracts to Harvardand Columbia over the universities’ failure to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism. 
• President Trump secureda historic settlement with Columbia University, holding the University accountable for its violations of civil rights laws. 
• President Trumpimmediately condemned the killingof two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. and the Boulder, Colorado attack on those peacefully supporting Israeli hostages as anti-Semitic terrorism.

Ending the Weaponization of Government and Promoting Free Speech

• President Trump issued an executive orderending the weaponization of the federal government against all Americans, including people of faith. 
• President Trump issued an executive orderrestoring free speech and ending federal censorship.
• President Trump issuedan executive order combating the debanking of Americans based on their political affiliations, religious beliefs, and lawful business activities.
• The Department of Justice launchedthe 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 Department of Justice restrictedenforcement of the FACE Act against pro-life advocates and dismissed several FACE Act cases.

Honoring Religious Days of Remembrance

• President Trump honored the National Day of Prayer by hosting a Rose Garden event with religious leaders of many faiths.
• President Trump and the First Lady issued messages honoring Ash Wednesdayand the start of Holy Week. 
• President Trump hostedan Easter Dinner at the White House.
• President Trump issued a messagecelebrating Pentecost.
• President Trump issued a messagecelebrating Passover.
• President Trump issued a proclamationhonoring the memory of His Holiness Pope Francis.
• President Trump issued a messagecelebrating Global Coptic Day.
• President Trump issued a proclamationhonoring Jewish American Heritage Month.
• President Trump issued a proclamationhonoring Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust.
• President Trump issued a proclamationhonoring the National Day of Remembrance of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
• The President issued a presidential messagesending his warmest greetings for Ramadan.
• President Trump hostedan Iftar dinner at the White House.

Affirming Faith in America

• President Trump openedhis first cabinet meeting in prayer.
• President Trump championed“bringing back religion in our country,” noting that “for America to be a great nation, we must always be one nation under God…”
• President Trump calledreligious liberty part of “the bedrock of American life” and committed to “protect [that] fundamental freedom with absolute devotion.”
• President Trump committedto fighting to “defend America’s longstanding legacy of prayer, faith, and trust in God.” 

Expanding School Choice and Protecting Parental Rights

• President Trump issued an executive orderon school choice, supporting parents’ rights to choose private, religious, or public charter schools for their children.
• President Trump ensuredthe One Big Beautiful Bill established the first national school choice program in American history, including for faith-based schools.
• President Trump issued an executive orderlaying the groundwork to close the Department of Education.
• President Trump issued an executive orderending radical indoctrination in schools.
• President Trump endedCOVID-19 vaccine mandates in schools.
• President Trump reinstatedcommon sense school discipline policies.
• President Trump orderedthe reformation of the accreditation process, which has been weaponized against faith-based educational institutions.
• The Department of Justice supported parental rights at the U.S. Supreme Court.
• The Department of Education orderedschools to allow parents to inspect and review education records, including those related to their children’s “gender identity.” 
• The Department of Education directedthe departments of education in all 50 states to remove all DEI programming from public schools.

Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports

• President Trump issued an executive orderkeeping men out of women’s sports. 
• The Department of Justice and Department of Education announceda Title IX Special Investigations Team to protect students, especially female athletes, from radical gender ideology in school programs and activities.
• The Department of Justice has filed lawsuitsand taken enforcement actionsagainst states such as California and Maine for failing to protect women and girls in sports.

Restoring Biological Truth

• President Trump issued an executive orderrestoring biological truth to the federal government and affirming the reality that there are only two sexes, male and female. 
• President Trump issued an executive orderprotecting children from chemical and surgical mutilation.
• The Department of Justice supportedthe right of states to ban gender transition drugs for minors at the U.S. Supreme Court.
• The Department of Health and Human Services issueda report highlighting the “significant harms” of gender transition drugs and procedures for minors. 
• The Department of Health and Human Services launched a portalfor whistleblowers to file complaints regarding the chemical and surgical mutilation of children. 
• The Department of Justice endedits prosecution of a whistleblower sounding the alarm over transgender procedures at a Texas children’s hospital.
• The Department of Health and Human Services clarifiedthat gender dysphoria is not a disability under key federal laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• The Department of Health and Human Services rescindedBiden-era guidance on “gender-affirming care.”
• The Federal Trade Commission helda workshop on “The Dangers of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Minors.” 

Ending Taxpayer Funding for Abortion

• President Trump mandatedenforcement of the Hyde Amendment, ending the use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion in America.
• President Trump reinstatedthe Mexico City Policy, ending the use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund nongovernmental organizations that perform or promote coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization internationally. 
• President Trump endedfundingfor abortion for illegal immigrants, abortions at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, and reimbursements by the Department of Defense for service members’ abortion-related travel expenses.

Valuing Life and Empowering Women

• President Trump shared a pro-life messagewith 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 same event, declaring that America is “fundamentally a pro-baby, a pro-life, and a pro-family country.”
• The White House issued a statement of supportfor the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
• 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.
• President Trump ensuredthe One Big Beautiful Bill 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.
• President Trump ensured the One Big Beautiful Billdefunded abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.
• President Trump signedthe Take It Down Act, protecting children and families from online extortion and exploitation through the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and deepfake abuse.
• Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., committedto end federal funding for research using fetal tissue from abortions.
• FDA Commissioner of Food and Drugs Martin Makary committedto conduct a review of mifepristone.
• The Department of Justice supportedstates’ rights to defund abortion clinics.
• The State Department renewedits membership in the Geneva Consensus Declaration, which promotes women’s health, strengthens the family, and affirms there is no international right to abortion.
• The U.S. withdrewfrom the pro-abortion, anti-faith, anti-freedom, World Health Organization (WHO).
• The Department of Health and Human Services deactivatedReproductiveRights.gov.
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website now suggests“adoption” when users search for “abortion.” 

Strengthening Our Military

• President Trump reinstatedservice members discharged from the military due to their objections to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, including religious service members who requested religious accommodations. 
• President Trump issued an executive orderon prioritizing military excellence and readiness, ending the Biden-era policy that allowed personnel to serve with gender dysphoria.
• President Trump issued an executive orderto eliminate race-based and sex-based discrimination within the military. 

Ending DEI

• President Trump issued an executive orderending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal government. 
• President Trump dissolvedthe White House Gender Policy Council.
• The Office of Personnel Management directedall agencies to close all initiatives, offices, and programs that promote gender ideology.

Protecting the Supreme Court

• President Trump endedthe Biden-era commission on court reform, which explored left-wing ideas like court packing.  

Promoting American Values

• President Trump is planninga grand celebration honoring the history of our great nation on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of American independence. 
• President Trump directedVice President Vance to restore truth and sanity to American history, particularly in the Smithsonian Institution.
• President Trump directedagencies to ensure all foreign aid programs and all funding provided to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) aligns with American interests. 
• The State Department institutedthe “One Flag Policy,” permitting only the American flag to be flown at U.S. embassies. 
• The Department of Veterans Affairs instituteda new policy permitting only American flags, U.S. State flags,  and other military or government flags to be flown at VA facilities.
• President Trump firedmany board members of the Kennedy Center, a DC arts venue, over the previous board’s perpetuation of radical ideology at taxpayers’ expense.

Supporting Israel

• President Trump appointedGovernor Mike Huckabee, a staunch ally of Israel, as Ambassador to Israel.  
• President Trump has stoodsteadfast 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 welcomedIsraeli 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.
• The Department of Justice launchedJoint Task Force October 7 to seek justice for victims of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack in Israel.
• President Trump imposedsanctions 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 appointedleaders to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council to ensure Americans “never forget” those lost in one of the “darkest moments” in history.
• President Trump facilitatedthe release of multiple Israeli and American hostages held in Hamas captivity and the return of the remains of several others.
• President Trump tookdecisive action through Operation Midnight Hammer to ensure Iran will never attain a nuclear weapon.

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