President Trump held a massive call with faith leaders from across the country, telling them about the victories that come with the establishment of the White House Faith Office and the impact of the Big, Beautiful Bill, but tech problems reportedly nearly caused the call to get postponed, leading the president to go on an epic rant on Truth Social.
For background, on June 30, 2025, President Trump hosted the inaugural Faith Office National Conference Call with over 10,000 religious leaders from around the country, along with White House Faith Office leader Paula White. When tech issues caused the call to cut in and out, the president took to Truth Social, saying that the telecommunications giant “obviously doesn’t know what they’re doing.”
When the call went haywire, President Trump wrote a post on Truth Social, criticizing AT&T and asking them to intervene, saying, “I’m doing a major Conference Call with Faith Leaders from all over the Country, and AT&T is totally unable to make their equipment work properly.” He added, “This is the second time it’s happened. If the Boss of AT&T, whoever that may be, could get involved — It would be good. There are tens of thousands of people on the line!”
In a subsequent post, the president addressed the attendees of the call directly, saying, “I apologize for the long wait on the Faith Leaders Conference Call. AT&T ought to get its act together.” He continued, “Please pass along the word to the tens of thousands of people who are there. We may have to reschedule the call, but we’ll use another carrier the next time. AT&T obviously doesn’t know what they’re doing!”
In response to the president’s rant on Truth Social, AT&T posted on X, saying, “We’ve reached out to the White House and are working to quickly understand and assess the situation.” In a follow-up post, the company wrote, “Our initial analysis indicates the disruption was caused by an issue with the conference call platform, not our network. Unfortunately, this caused the delay, and we are working diligently to better understand the issue so we can prevent disruptions in the future.”
When the call finally got up and running, President Trump celebrated his administration’s work to defend religious liberty “like no administration has ever done before,” adding, “Starting on day one, when I stopped the radical war on Christians. I pardoned the pro-life activists thrown in jail for praying in peaceful protest, and there were many of them.”
Continuing, the president said that under his leadership, the Big, Beautiful Bill would lead to “a tremendous victory for school choice,” adding, “This bill is the most pro-family legislation in modern times. … It also expands the Child Tax Credit and creates brand new ‘Trump Accounts’ for every newborn child, helping them to get a stronger life, which is what they need. Everyone should let their congregations and members of Congress know that they support the ‘one big, beautiful bill.’”
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