Former President Donald Trump’s latest venture selling Bibles has sparked the fury of Christians.
Trump, who became the presumptive Republican nominee earlier in March, posted a video on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday urging his supporters to buy the “God Bless the USA Bible,” inspired by country singer Lee Greenwood’s patriotic ballad.
Happy Holy Week! Let’s Make America Pray Again. As we lead into Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to get a copy of the God Bless The USA Bible. @TheLeeGreenwood https://t.co/1KK5QgVK85 pic.twitter.com/XoCIeGDpAg
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) March 26, 2024
“Happy Holy Week! Let’s Make America Pray Again. As we lead into Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to get a copy of the God Bless the USA Bible,” Trump wrote in the post, alongside a link to a website selling the book for $59.99. It came a day after Trump seemingly compared his legal plight to Jesus Christ’s persecution.
And it comes as he faces mounting legal bills while fighting four criminal indictments and a series of civil charges while running to reclaim the White House. On Monday, a New York appeals court agreed to hold off on collecting the more than $454 million he owes following a civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175 million within 10 days.
But the move has sparked the ire of Christians.
Trump selling copies of the Bible “during Holy Week like it’s just one more overpriced Trump shoe or steak has really touched a nerve among voters—we’ve heard from many upset Faithful America members since his video appeared,” the Rev. Nathan Empsall, executive director of Faithful America, told Newsweek via email.
“Seeing the indicted, would-be dictator, sell so-called ‘patriotic’ Bibles does provide a parallel to Holy Week, but it’s not with Jesus,” Empsall added.
“Trump is doing his best impression of the corrupt moneychangers who profited by ripping off worshippers. Today, much like Jesus overturning the moneychangers’ tables, Christians are sick of seeing MAGA’s false prophets twist our loving faith for an agenda of hatred and selfishness. The Bible is bigger than any politician, and if Trump really wants to talk about Scripture, I suggest he try actually reading it first. He might actually learn a few things about love, humility, money, and peace.”
Others took to social media to express their anger.
“Trump Bibles. This guy and his followers who excuse this crap p*** me off. He has completely trashed our political party & now he’s trying to ruin our faith community for his own ends,” Heath Mayo, a conservative lawyer, wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
“If you’re a Christian, please speak up & reject this. He’s making a mockery of the flock.”
There’s NOTHING “holy” about selling Bibles “endorsed by Trump.” More blasphemous grift.
— Tara Setmayer 🌻 (@TaraSetmayer) March 26, 2024
Beware:
“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” Matthew 24:24 pic.twitter.com/U8ZeVeOmcJ
Tara Setmayer, a senior advisor for The Lincoln Project, called it “more blasphemous grift.”
“There’s NOTHING ‘holy’ about selling Bibles ‘endorsed by Trump,'” Setmayer wrote on X.
Another person wrote: “Total blasphemy. No true Christian would support a heathenistic huckster like Trump, who is mocking their religion.”
Another wrote: “He is promoting the sale of trump bibles during our most holy week of worship. This is beyond blasphemous and disrespectful to Christians and I’m really p***** off.”
Asked for comment about the backlash, Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung told Newsweek: “These are Never Trump idiots suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
The website selling the Bible bills the book as “the only Bible endorsed by President Trump!”
As well as a King James Version translation, it includes copies of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as a handwritten chorus of “God Bless the USA” by Greenwood.
The website also states that proceeds are not going to the Trump campaign.
“GodBlessTheUSABible.com is not political and has nothing to do with any political campaign,” it says.
“GodBlessTheUSABible.com is not owned, managed or controlled by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization, CIC Ventures LLC or any of their respective principals or affiliates. GodBlessTheUSABible.com uses Donald J. Trump’s name, likeness and image under paid license from CIC Ventures LLC, which license may be terminated or revoked according to its terms.”
The Bible is the latest commercial venture that Trump has pursued while campaigning for the presidency. Last month, he promoted limited edition gold Trump-branded sneakers for $399.
He has also sold digital trading cards that portrayed him in cartoon-like images as a number of characters, including as a superhero, astronaut and NASCAR driver.
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Give it a rest you Demo-kommie clowns; stick with the ghouls you elected to office, the baby-killers who praise abortion. Stick with dismembering innocent unborns and newborns, selling the body parts for profit; that is what’s truly horrifying.
The Bible is a book just like any other book for sale.
🤪🤡..ANOTHER ..MAGA TRAITOR
OK, so, then, WHERE DOES the money go?
All religions are evil foreign psychotic mass murderous mental illness…
Religions never should have been brought into the USA…
I agree! What would they rather that he promote? Satanic materials?? The Pedo Files? How to become a Drag Queen and Groom Little kids For Dummies? I believe anyone promoting the reading of our Bible and appreciating our nation at the same time is a pretty darn good thing! He is not adding to the Bible, just encouraging more to understand how important God is to the nation’s future.
He’s likely not promoting the reading of the Bible. More likely promoting the worship of himself. That said, maybe some will buy it and read it and learn about the true Savior.
More people need fresh copies of God’s Holy book and it does not matter where it is purchased. If this is your choice Otis for you.
MORE MAGA CRAZIES 🤡😤
Stop being a hateful, liberal troll
A lot better than being a democrat fool.
Only rat bastrds fools call themselves “Democrats “when in reality they are true fascists
Bibles need to be in more hands. This world needs God!!!!! If a God Bless The USA Bible gets more people to read it then I say push that specific Bible. As long as it’s unadulterated it’s still the Bible. And that’s a good thing. Just because trump is pushing doesn’t make it a bad thing. Would you feel the same way if billy Graham was pushing this Bible? It’s because trump is doing it that your mad. He may not live a perfect life, but ye who is pure cast the first stone please.
Apparently Anthony misspelled his last name—should be spelled Ass
Add-hole
Selling Bibles upsets you? You’re concerned that Donald Trump is selling Bibles? I’m not, but I’ll tell you what I am concerned about and every American should consider the level of concern between this list and Trump selling Bibles.
I’m concerned with what Biden has done to our economy. I’m concerned with Biden’s plan to unconstitutionally use taxpayer money to cancel student loan debt for people who chose to go to college and chose to borrow money to do so. I’m concerned that Joe Biden dangerously sold off oil from the Strategic Reserve to China. I’m concerned with the trillions of dollars of debt Biden has saddled future generations with. I’m concerned with Joe Biden allowing Iran to continue it’s nuclear program. I’m upset that Biden insists that Israel agree to a cease fire that will result in another sneak attack against Israel, I’m more concerned with the millions of illegal aliens that Biden has allowed to cross the border and not submit to a DNA test to identify them in the future. I’m very concerned that Biden was UNCONCERNED about the Chinese spy Balloon that crossed the United States and lingered near several of our military installations. I’m extremely concerned that Biden has basically ordered a changeover to all electric vehicles to occur at a time when he won’t be alive to take responsibility for destroying everything Americans have been brought up to seek. I’m infuriated that Biden sees no danger in subjecting school children to “drag shows: and transgender counselling with no informing of same to parents. There’s a lot more and I promise you it’s a lot more concerning than Donald Trump Selling Bibles.
If you can top any of that. Please reply, I’m willing to listen and I’ll add some more logs to the fire.
If you are still more troubled by Donald Trump selling bibles, you will deserve what you get should Biden or anyone the Democrats substitute for him will do to you and America. Put on your Big Boy Pants and worry about your children and theirs. Let other countries take care of their citizens, not us.
Well said!!!
Copy that
Why would “christians” be upset. The evangelical crowd had a great deal of the responsibility for putting this moronic , lying cheating monster in the White House.
Just be happy that when Trump held the Bible, he held it correctly and not upside down ….but Trump had fear in his eyes expecting the Bible would burst in flames at any moment while he was lying.
I am looking forward to SNL and how they are going to make fun of this ridiculous moment
Well at least he held a bible while dimwit BiDum might set a Quoran on fire 🔥 in Nazi fashion you dip stick
You are the one believing lies. You’ve obviously not studied his record of accomplishments.. the question remains… “are you better off now than 2021?”
Based on the Alinsky manifesto aka the Bible for communists only their lies can be believed as their truth
I would agree with Bible. Democrats believe in satin not God. Time more people got back to bibles. With different bibles out there and you are complaining. I choose the one I like just like you choose yours. It doesn’t matter which one one just believe in your Bible and come back to God and church. If democrats have it their way they would ban every aspect of God and they have shown us that in the past three years. So arguing over a persons choice of religion and bibles is a non fighting event period. We all have to make our own choices before democrats make all our choices for us. Freedom of choice. Don’t think we would like it if we all had to wear the same shoes everyday right?
Is declaring Easter Sunday” National lgbt” day by idiot Joe Biden a Christian thing ?
So what he selling bibles, many people, organizations, pastors, sell bibles, or religious books, get over it. Whine, whine, maybe some people will get a bible and read GOD’S WORD, AND COME TO THE LORD, that would not otherwise. Getting a Bible and reading it is not a bad thing. You Christians give the man some grace
There are Christians and there are Christian’s like there are real Democrats and democrats rats. ( oxymoron) who are really fascists like Sanders Liawatha AOC shillery and as shole zBiden
So selling bibles is better than the marbles free Biden selling lies or not ??