8 Reactions to President Trump's Speech to Congress

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

2. Bread for the World

The Rev. David Beckmann, Bread for the World president, speaks at The Gathering 2007, an anti-hunger event, in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 10, 2007.
The Rev. David Beckmann, Bread for the World president, speaks at The Gathering 2007, an anti-hunger event, in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 10, 2007. | (Photo: Bread for the World / Jim Stripe)

The Reverend David Beckmann, president of the Christian aid group Bread for the World, took issue with the Trump speech, seeing its rhetoric as contradicting the policies he is pursuing.

In a statement released Tuesday evening, Beckmann said that the actions of Trump and Congress to "to slash programs that help hungry people" do not "square with the lofty rhetoric of the president's first speech to Congress."

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"Bread for the World welcomes President Trump's new appeal for unity in our badly divided nation," stated Beckmann.

"But the president's newly positive tone is in tension with the cuts that he and Congress are making in programs that help families who are struggling with hunger and poverty."

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