Mr. Trump attended the national prayer service at the National Cathedral on Tuesday morning. When asked about the service afterward, he said “they could have done better.”

“What did you think?” Mr. Trump asked reporters. “Did you like it? You find it exciting? Not too exciting, was it? I didn’t think it was a good service.”

The Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde directed some of her sermon at Mr. Trump, specifically noting the fear felt by many undocumented immigrants and transgender Americans.

“Let me make one final plea, Mr. President, millions have put their trust in you, and as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God,” Budde said. “In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country. We’re scared now. There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives and the people, the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants, and work the night shifts in hospitals. I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here.”

After the sermon, Mr. Trump headed back to the White House. 

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