Stuart Varney: Trump does not wear his religion on his sleeve, the National Day of Prayer ceremony was a revelation

I am Stuart Varney and here is "My Take".

On Thursday morning, President Trump appeared in the rose garden for the National Day of Prayer. It was anything but a "normal" religious event. It was not a dark affair, restrained. It was a joyous call to unity, at a time when it is vital. It was a very different spiritual occasion.

For me, the highlight, if I may say so, is the appearance of Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein. The president called him on the podium and he told the story of the shooting at the Poway synagogue where he had clashed with the murderer.

He said, "You have to stand up, stand up and do what it takes to change the world." No piety here: reality! None of this "our thoughts and prayers are with you." It's a platitude. That's what the rabbi said: Christians, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus: all in the audience and all understood the importance of what Rabbi Goldstein had said.

We also discovered that this president begins all cabinet meetings with a prayer. We did not know it. We had never been told. Mr. Trump clearly does not wear his religion on his sleeve. I will not do much about it, but we saw a member of the chair that most of us did not know.

We also discovered that this president begins all cabinet meetings with a prayer. We did not know it. We had never been told. Mr. Trump clearly does not wear his religion on his sleeve. I will not do much about it, but we saw a member of the chair that most of us did not know.

And that's the side of the president that the media does not show. We covered all of the Fox Business Prayer, just like Fox News. No other media did it. Other news channels have ignored it. And there was hardly a mention in the media on Friday morning.

What a shame: the prayer event was extraordinary. And in due time, after the massacre of Muslims in New Zealand, Christians in Sri Lanka, Jews in Pittsburgh and Poway. A call to spiritual unity that was exactly what was needed, and that is exactly what President Trump said.

Adapted from Stuart Varney's monologue "My Take" for Fox Nation, May 3, 2019.