Former PresidentĀ Donald Trumpās latest ventureĀ selling BiblesĀ has sparked the fury of Christians.
Trump, who became the presumptiveĀ RepublicanĀ nominee earlier in March, posted a video on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday urging his supporters to buy the āGod Bless the USA Bible,ā inspired by country singer Lee Greenwoodās patriotic ballad.
āHappy Holy Week! Letās 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,ā Trump wrote in the post, alongside a link to a website selling the book for $59.99. It came a day afterĀ Trump seemingly compared his legal plight to Jesus Christās 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 donāt believe it, other than a handful. If thereās a study I might be interested, some random people on social mediaā¦ eh.
A sample size of a few dozen people complaining online while thousands quietly purchase said bibles. Absolutely not buying into āthe fury of Christiansā either.
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The people in the article donāt even sound like they were trump supporters to begin with.
Anecdotally, Iāve seen a little more backlash to this than other issues. Until kow theyāve kinda bee willfully ignoring that heās evil because he hasnāt been overt that heās using peopleās faith as a tool.
But directly trying to sell expensive Bibles to the faithful so theyāll pay for his rape penalty is pretty galling no matter how you look at it.