How President Trump Is Bringing Back the Reagan Days!

by Rabbi Katz, Exec Director

5/7/2026, 8:14:57 PM

Prayers, Faith & In G-D We Trust

There was a time when Republicans and Democrats disagreed, but still agreed on morality, stability, and the sacred role of faith in American life. We called it the Reagan era. And today, May 7, 2026 — the 75th National Day of Prayer — we are watching that spirit return.

The Reagan Foundation:

Faith as National Strength
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan issued his first National Day of Prayer proclamation. He opened with words we cannot forget:
“Our Nation’s motto ‘In G-D We Trust’—was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a divine authority in the universe to which this Nation owes homage.”

Reagan understood what many had forgotten:

America’s strength was never just military or economic. It was moral. He signed the 1988 law setting the National Day of Prayer on the first Thursday in May. He told us our Pledge says “one nation under G-D,” our currency declares “In G-D We Trust,” and our children should be free to pray. For Reagan, prayer wasn’t partisan. It was American.

The Wilderness Years
In the decades after Reagan, that common ground eroded. Faith was pushed out of the public square. “In G-D We Trust” was called divisive. Prayer was treated as a private habit, not a national heritage. We lost the courage to call right “right” and wrong “wrong.” The unity Reagan spoke of — morality, stability, love of country — felt like a memory.

The Return:

President Trump and the Day of Prayer
Today, President Trump issued his proclamation for the 75th Annual National Day of Prayer. The parallels are unmistakable. Like Reagan, he convened faith leaders in the White House. Like Reagan, he reminded the nation that prayer is our heritage, from the First Continental Congress in 1775 to this very day.

The theme is the same:

unity through faith. The language echoes Reagan’s. The purpose is identical: to turn to G-D in prayer and meditation, to seek guidance, and to thank the Almighty for blessing this nation.

“In G-D We Trust” — More Than a Motto
Reagan tied the Day of Prayer directly to our national motto. So does President Trump. “In G-D We Trust” wasn’t placed on our dollar in 1957 by accident. It was a Cold War declaration that America bows to no king, no tyrant, no godless ideology — only to the Creator.

Today, President Trump is restoring that clarity. From White House ceremonies to state laws encouraging “In G-D We Trust” in schools, the message is back: Faith is not a violation of freedom. Faith is the foundation of freedom.

Bringing Back What We Lost
Senator Fetterman recently said it best: we lost something when Republicans and Democrats stopped agreeing on morality and stability. Reagan had it. We lost it. Now, we see it returning.

This is not about politics. It is about humanity. It is about the courage to say that our rights come from G-D, not government. That prayer matters. That we are not afraid to call out what’s wrong, and to bless what’s right.

On this National Day of Prayer, 2026, we are not just looking back to the Reagan days. We are living them again. United for humanity, morality, unity — and unashamed to trust in G-D.

May we have the strength to keep it!