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,” 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.
I don’t believe it, other than a handful. If there’s a study I might be interested, some random people on social media… eh.
A sample size of a few dozen people complaining online while thousands quietly purchase said bibles. Absolutely not buying into “the fury of Christians” either.
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The people in the article don’t even sound like they were trump supporters to begin with.
Anecdotally, I’ve seen a little more backlash to this than other issues. Until kow they’ve kinda bee willfully ignoring that he’s evil because he hasn’t been overt that he’s using people’s faith as a tool.
But directly trying to sell expensive Bibles to the faithful so they’ll pay for his rape penalty is pretty galling no matter how you look at it.