{"id":5998,"date":"2026-01-28T13:40:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/iowa-man-stops-trump-at-restaurant-with-unexpected-request-before-speech\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T13:40:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:40:53","slug":"iowa-man-stops-trump-at-restaurant-with-unexpected-request-before-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/iowa-man-stops-trump-at-restaurant-with-unexpected-request-before-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa man stops Trump at restaurant with unexpected request before speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable\">President Donald Trump paused during a restaurant stop in Iowa after a patron asked if he could pray for him ahead of the president\u2019s remarks near Des Moines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Video shared on X by White House aide Margo Martin shows the moment unfolding inside the Machine Shed restaurant, where a man from the crowd addressed Trump directly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Can I pray for you real quick?&#8217; the man asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Absolutely! Come on. Let\u2019s go,&#8217; Trump replied, bowing his head as the man began to pray.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The brief prayer thanked God for the president and asked for wisdom, discernment, peace and protection, as others in the restaurant joined in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Lord God, we give thanks for this president,&#8217; the man said during the prayer, &#8216;Lord, thank you for him and the potential. Thank you for continuing wisdom, we pray for discernment. Pray for hope, we pray for more peace, Lord.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The prayer from the restaurant patron drew several &#8216;Amens&#8217; from the surrounding crowd.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The unscripted moment occurred as Trump made a stop at the Iowa restaurant before heading to deliver a speech in the Des Moines area to kick off his 2026 midterm campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows patrons standing nearby as the prayer concluded, followed by applause and words of praise: &#8216;Amen, praise God.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The White House has recently shared a national invitation to prayer and spiritual re-dedication ahead of the United States\u2019 250th anniversary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by the administration, Trump encouraged Americans to pray for the nation and its people, saying the country has long been &#8216;sustained and strengthened by prayer.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Trump added that as the nation prepares to mark 250 years since its founding, Americans should &#8216;rededicate ourselves to one nation under God.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The White House was contacted for additional context on the stop and the timing of the visit.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump paused during a restaurant stop in Iowa after a patron asked if he could pray for him ahead of the president\u2019s remarks near Des Moines. Video shared on X by White House aide Margo Martin shows the moment unfolding inside the Machine Shed restaurant, where a man from the crowd addressed Trump&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}