Vice President Mike Pence says President Trump often encourages members of his administration and Cabinet to engage in prayer before the start of meetings.
“There’s prayer going on on a regular basis in this White House,” Pence told the Christian Broadcasting Network in an interview published Thursday.
Pence, a devout Christian, revealed that the extent to which prayer and faith plays a role in this administration is “one of the most meaningful things” to him.
“Whether it’s public meetings or not, I’ve lost count of the number of times that the president has nudged me, or nudged another member of the Cabinet and said, ‘Let’s start this meeting with prayer,'” he explained.
His comments came shortly after Trump signed an executive order creating a faith-based initiative to protect religious freedom during a White House celebration of National Day of Prayer.
