‘I’m sorry, what?’ White House faith advisor stuns with gaffe about Trump at Sunday school

White House Faith Advisor Paula White-Cain’s attempt to rehabilitate the president’s religious image during a Fox News appearance backfired spectacularly Saturday night, triggering a wave of mockery after claiming he attended Saturday and Sunday school up to three times a week as a child.White-Cain made the claim during a conversation with Laura Trump, telling Fox viewers that “many people don’t know about the upbringing of President Trump” before adding that he “went to, sometimes, three times a week to, he said, depending on the teacher, to Saturday school, Sunday school, church.””Church was a big part of his life,” she insisted.The internet immediately noticed the math didn’t add up.”That’s because he couldn’t [expletive] count,” former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann chided on X.Attorney Bradley P. Moss was equally unimpressed. “That math ain’t mathin, freak case,” he wrote.Journalist Helen Kennedy offered a more cutting interpretation. “Because his parents couldn’t stand having him home,” she wrote.Podcaster Hemant Mehta took a more sarcastic tack. “Was he also raised in a log cabin he built?” he asked.The political commentating account Molly Ploofkins simply added, “I’m sorry, what?”Trump has leaned heavily into religious imagery during his second term, frequently invoking God’s blessing and surrounding himself with evangelical allies like White-Cain.White-Cain: Many people don’t know about the upbringing of President Trump. He went sometimes three times a week to Saturday and Sunday school.[image or embed]— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) April 4, 2026 at 8:07 PM

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