Trump’s 2018 National Prayer Breakfast speech may have been more subdued than his 2017 fiery address. Trump made no policy pronouncements favoring the religious right, such as the pledge he made at last year’s prayer breakfast to abolish the Johnson Amendment. Nor did he curse, hurl insults, or make lewd sexist comments. But the story of Maria Butina and the sudden spike in Russian attendees at this year’s breakfast does make you wonder what Trump’s calmer veneer could have been hiding. Has The Family’s fundamentalist but nonpartisan theology turned treasonous? As Jenkins observed, “If the charges against Butina are true, it shows how the fusion of the foundation’s influence and dedication to anonymity may have allowed it to become a target for political exploitation and potential international espionage.”