Eisenhower shared this sentiment and invited Graham to the White House as a spiritual adviser. Soon after, in 1953, the tradition of the National Prayer Breakfast began, and Graham urged Eisenhower to attend.7 Then in 1954, Congress officially added the words “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance for the first time in history.8 In 1956, Eisenhower made “In God We Trust” the country’s official motto, signing it into law and putting it on all US currency (it was already being displayed on coins).9 Because if God was a capitalist, which American Jesus obviously was, it’d be easier to defeat
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