WASHINGTON, April 18 -- President Trump issued the following statement on April 17, 2026, commemorating 250 years of the Bible in the U.S.: * * * This week, I send my best wishes to every citizen gathered at the Museum of the Bible, on the National Mall, and all across our country participating in America Reads the Bible, a historic initiative in which nearly 500 Americans will take part in a public reading, over the course of one week, of the entire Bible--from Genesis to Revelation--to celeb  more