Trump roasts Mike Johnson for saying grace at prayer event: 'Excuse me, it's lunch!'

President Donald Trump in a speech at this year's National Prayer Breakfast roasted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for saying grace at meals.

The 79-year-old president spoke Thursday morning at the bipartisan gathering of U.S. and international political leaders, including El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, and he drifted from topic to topic in seemingly unscripted remarks that highlighted what he saw as contributions to religious life since returning to office.

"In 2025 more copies of the Holy Bible were sold in the United States that any time in the last 100 years," Trump said to applause. "How about that? How about that? Did you know that, Mr. Speaker?"

"You know, Mike Johnson is a very religious person," Trump added. "He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch in the Oval –' That's okay with me. But he's a very religious person and he is popular and he is doing an unbelievable job. I think God is watching over you."

Trump then riffed on his own mortality, a frequent topic of his public musings in recent months.

"I don't know about me, so I hang around him because I feel unprotected a little bit," he said, chuckling.

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