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NEW YORK, November 24, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – In what may be a signal about how he plans to make America “great again,” President-elect Donald Trump concluded his Thanksgiving address by stating: “God Bless you and God Bless America!”

Obama made history in his first year in the White House in 2009 as the first president to omit a direct mention of God in his Thanksgiving Proclamation, and he continued the trend this year.

In Trump's address, viewed more than 1.4 million times so far on Youtube, he states, “We are very blessed to call this nation our home and that’s what America is. It is our home. It’s where we raise our families, care for our loved ones, look out for our neighbors and live out our dreams.”

“It’s my prayer, that on this Thanksgiving, we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by a shared purpose and very, very common resolve,” he said.  

Conservative pundit and “NeverTrump” advocate Ben Shapiro tweeted praise for Trump’s address. 

Trump’s appeal to God is welcome to Christians across America, some of whom noticed his failure to ask God’s blessing on the country during his speech after winning the election earlier this month.

Trump urged the American people to “heal our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by a shared purpose and very, very common resolve” after what he called a “long and bruising political campaign.”

“Let us give thanks for all that we have and let us boldly face the exciting new frontiers that lie ahead.”

“Thank you, God Bless you and God bless America,” he said. 

 

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We are very blessed to call this nation our home. And that is what America is: it is our home. It’s where we raise our families, care for our loved ones, look out for our neighbors, and live out our dreams.

It is my prayer, that on this Thanksgiving, we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by a shared purpose and very, very common resolve.

In declaring this national holiday, President Lincoln called upon Americans to speak with “one voice and one heart.” That’s just what we have to do.

We have just finished a long and bruising political campaign. Emotions are raw and tensions just don’t heal overnight. It doesn’t go quickly, unfortunately, but we have before us the chance now to make history together to bring real change to Washington, real safety to our cities, and real prosperity to our communities, including our inner cities. So important to me, and so important to our country. But to succeed, we must enlist the effort of our entire nation.

This historic political campaign is now over. Now begins a great national campaign to rebuild our country and to restore the full promise of America for all of our people.

I am asking you to join me in this effort. It is time to restore the bonds of trust between citizens. Because when America is unified, there is nothing beyond our reach, and I mean absolutely nothing.

Let us give thanks for all that we have, and let us boldly face the exciting new frontiers that lie ahead.

Thank you. God Bless You and God Bless America.

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