Is there any better way to celebrate the glory of the Resurrection than by helping a criminal suspect—indicted on scores of charges—pay off his legal fees?
Not according to Donald Trump, who took his broke ass to Truth Social on Tuesday morning to announce that supporters can buy copies of the Christian holy book. We all know at this point that Trump's business savvy is a gold-plated mirage, but you can't say the man doesn't know how to squeeze bucks out of attaching his name to stuff.
Hence, he's selling the "God Bless The USA" Bible—a reference to the Lee Greenwood song of the same name—for $59.99 a pop (plus shipping and handling). For those wondering why the price point is so high, a site dedicated solely to selling the books notes that it's "the only Bible endorsed by President Trump." Not like those other worthless Bibles that aren't endorsed by Trump.
In the sales video posted to Truth Social, Trump does some basic product placement (somehow, inexplicably, the Bible doesn't burst into flames in his godless hands) and suggests that this Easter, "Let's Make America Pray Again!"
I know that there's no bottom for the Trump campaign and, similarly, no level of idiocy his most fervent supporters won't co-sign, but can we just review the facts here?
Donald Trump's Christianity has always been so unserious as to be laughable, and his latest con of peddling Bibles fits right in with that history.
As a candidate for president back in 2015, Trump was asked to name his favorite Bible verse, which—much like Katie Couric asking Sarah Palin what news sources she read—really was a way of asking if he could name a Bible verse, any Bible verses.
Trump demurred by claiming he didn't "want to get into specifics," as if he were being asked how many abortions he's paid for and not a question for which the answer "Jesus wept" would've been perfectly sufficient. That was topped just minutes later, when he was queried about whether he preferred the Old Testament to the New Testament, to which he answered, "Probably equal." By the time he called Second Corinthians "Two Corinthians," it was just another bit of clownery proving the church wasn't really his deal.
Trump biographer and financial investigator David Cay Johnston has pointed out that Trump, in his book, Think Big, repeatedly derided "Christians as 'fools,' 'idiots,' and 'schmucks.'"
Like everyone in his life, Trump only started with his God-talk once he realized white evangelical voters could take him to the White House, a perfect place to maximize profits that are the end game of his decades-long con. And honestly, at this point, it's impossible to feel sorry for a group of people who have so openly shown how little their self-proclaimed principles mean to them.