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Have 'mercy' on gays Mr President, Trump lectured in a presidential service

US President Donald Trump attends the National Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on January 21, 2025. [AFP]

President Donald Trump was on Tuesday forced to sit through a sermon by a bishop begging him to have "mercy" on gays and poor immigrants as the Republican celebrated the start to his second term as US president.

Trump scowled as the Washington National Cathedral's Mariann Edgar Budde pleaded the case from the pulpit for LGBT people and illegal migrants; two groups that Trump targeted with executive orders within hours of being sworn in on Monday.

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