Trump was slammed by the bishop in front of everyone during the the sermon on Tuesday 21 January.

While attending church on Tuesday as part of his inauguration celebrations, the 78-year-old got roasted by the bishop, Mariann Budde.

Many members of the Trump family were in attendance, including Melania, daughter Tiffany and daughter-in-law Lara. As well as VP, J.D Vance.

Budde told Trump to show mercy to gay, lesbian and trans people. She also mentioned that immigrants are now frightened under the new administration due to his mass deportation plans.

“Mr President, millions have put their trust in you. And as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God.

“In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and Independent families, some who fear for their lives.

“And the people, the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labour in poultry farms and meat packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals – they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals.”

She asked the president to allow people into the country who are running from war-torn homes and in need of rescue and sanctuary.

Both Trump and Vance appeared annoyed at Budde for her choice of words.

Now, the president has hit back in a lengthy statement. Taking to Truth Social, he said: “The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater. She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way.”

“She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart. She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our Country and killed people. Many were deposited from jails and mental institutions. It is a giant crime wave that is taking place in the USA.

“Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good at her job!”

“She and her church owe the public an apology! t.”

Budde has since responded in an interview with CNN: “[I was] reminding us all that the people that are frightened in our country, the two groups that I mentioned, are our fellow human beings, and that they have been portrayed all throughout the political campaign in the harshest of lights.

“I wanted to counter, as gently as I could, with a reminder of their humanity and their place in our wider community.”

The bishop continued: “I was speaking to the president because I felt that he has this moment now where he feels charged and empowered to do what he feels called to do, and I wanted to say there is room for mercy. There is room for a broader compassion.

“We don’t need to portray with a broad cloth in the harshest of terms some of the most vulnerable people in our society, who are in fact our neighbors and our friends.”