Trump posted a video on his Truth Social platform, urging his supporters to buy the "God Bless the USA Bible" for $59.99.

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.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    This.

    This is the fucking bridge that is too far? This is the straw that broke the camel’s back? This is the hill you’ll die on?

    Fucking hell, I was raised Christians and I think that Jesus guy had some great ideas but I certainly don’t identify as one now because fuck… Christians give Christ a bad name.

    I’m glad more people are seeing through the grifter, but holy shit are these people dumb.

    • limelight79@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Right? It’s not, say, cheating on his pregnant wife with a prostitute? I would have thought THAT would be the thing that destroys his support among Christians, but nah, they don’t care.

      But selling overpriced Bibles does upset them? Why? It’s probably the least insane thing he has done yet.

      • stoly@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        That’s probably not an excessive price for a Bible. They are not made like regular books.

        • EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          The one in the pic above isn’t even the kind that lay open easily - soft and floppy with super thin pages and gilded edges, which is what I always appreciated about a really good bible.

        • nomous@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          You can get bibles ranging from free to hundreds of dollars for huge family ones. They’re very much made like every other book, they probably cost $3 to make.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      If it’s true then people were playing team sports the whole time. Sure it’s great that people might change their vote but they’re idiots anyway.

    • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Remember the part in the bible that describes what Jesus did, to the people who were trying to make money off God?

      Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. "It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”