MSNBC’s Charlie Sykes Cracks That Trump’s Bible Sales Could Help Him Pay For His Porn Star Trial

MSNBC’s Morning Joe had a good laugh over former President Donald Trump’s latest cash grab, the “God Bless the USA Bible” currently going for $60 (not including shipping). But MSNBC contributor Charlie Sykes also pointed out that proceeds from Trump’s Good Book could end up going towards his legal fees — in his porn star/hush money trial.

Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinksi introduced the segment and seemingly held in a laugh while mentioning the fine print that stated “none of the profits will go toward his 2024 campaign,” but did not say anything about whether the money would go towards Trump’s legal fees. At that point, she welcomed Sykes, who made his entrance shaking his head:

Brzezinski: This Bible seems to me to be a new level of culty. It also, if you listen to his comments, it’s painful, but I did. He blames America for everything he’s done to it, which is especially culty. What can be said, Charlie, to a person who hears that, gets out their credit card, and purchases a God Bless the USA Bible?

Sykes: Well, the first thing you’d say is , “Oh my God.” I mean, it is not only culty, it is grifty. It is so much on brand for Donald Trump. I mean, obviously he’s playing on the themes that, you know, that “I am the defender of Christianity,” encouraging the Christian nationalists out there. But I think the thing that you can’t take your eyes off of is that he’s commodifying the Bible during Holy Week, that he’s selling it for $60, and this money might go to pay some of the legal fees for his relationship with a porn star that he paid off. You know, let us pray here.

I mean, the cynicism here is not a new story, but can I just remind people that Donald Trump has been asked in the past, “What is your favorite verse of the Bible?” And he has no idea. He talks about 2 Corinthians. He’s been asked by faith leaders, “Do you ever ask for forgiveness? Do you ever pray?” And, “Not really.” And yet, you know, conservative evangelical Christians have swallowed this. And so I don’t expect that they’re not going to swallow, you know, that they’re gonna draw the line when it comes to this. But this is so much Donald Trump. I mean, it is such an artifact of this political moment where this Elmer Gantry grifter who sells, who, you know, who sells the golden tennis shoes, is now selling the Bible to Christians at this particular moment. And you cannot make it up. And this is this is the, this is Earth 2.0.

Watch the video above via MSNBC.