Trump Says You Need His $60 Bible ‘For Your Soul’ — Here Are 5 of His Most Headline Grabbing Moments With the Good Book

Isaac SchorrMar 27th, 2024, 12:42 pm
 

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Former President Donald Trump endorsed a new product, the $60 God Bless the USA Bible, in a video released on Truth Social on Tuesday.

“And this is very important and very important to me. I want to have a lot of people have it. You have to have it for your heart, for your soul,” explained Trump before insisting that “Religion and Christianity are the biggest things missing from this country.”

“Our founding fathers did a tremendous thing when they built America on Judeo-Christian values. Now that foundation is under attack, perhaps as never before,” he added. “What can we do? Stand up, speak out and pray that God will bless America again. I’m proud to endorse and encourage you to get this Bible.”The product’s website boasts that it “is the only Bible endorsed by President Trump!”

This isn’t the first time Trump has talked about — or otherwise used — the Good Book. Here are five more examples of him broaching the subject.

His Favorite Book 

Trump called the Bible “my favorite book” in his paid advertisement, a refrain he has relied upon for years dating back to the campaign trail in 2015.

But in an infamous moment captured during an interview with Bloomberg Politics, Trump declined to name the best part of his favorite book.

After being asked “what one or two” of his “most favorite Bible verses” are, Trump said he “wouldn’t want to get into it because to me that’s very personal.”

“The Bible means a lot to me, but I don’t want to get into specifics,” he stated, although he did clarify that he believed the Old and New Testaments were “equal.”

“I just think the Bible is just something very special,” concluded Trump.

An Eye For an Eye

In a radio interview during the 2016 Republican primary race, Trump was again asked if he had a favorite Bible verse. This time he came up with an answer, if not the one you might expect.

“Well, I think many. I mean, when we get into the Bible, I think many, so many. And some people, look, an ‘eye for an eye,’ you can almost say that,” replied Trump. “That’s not a particularly nice thing. But you know, if you look at what’s happening to our country, I mean, when you see what’s going on with our country, how people are taking advantage of us, and how they scoff at us and laugh at us. And they laugh at our face, and they’re taking our jobs, they’re taking our money, they’re taking the health of our country. And we have to be very firm and have to be very strong. And we can learn a lot from the Bible, that I can tell you.”

Two Corinthians

In a speech at Liberty University in 2016, Trump vowed to “protect Christianity.”

“I asked Jerry [Falwell Jr.] and I asked some of the folks because I hear this is a major theme right here, but  Two Corinthians, right? Two Corinthians 3:17, that’s the whole ballgame!” declared Trump before reading the verse aloud.  “‘Where the Spirit of the Lord,’ right? ‘Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.’ And here there is Liberty College, but, Liberty University, but it is so true.”

Unfortunately for Trump, the correct way to refer to that particular book is Second Corinthians.

A Perfect Photo-Op

On June 1, 2020, law enforcement cleared protesters in Lafayette Square, a park in front of the White House shortly before Trump, flanked by members of his administration made the short trek to St. John’s Church, whose parish house had been damaged in a fire set by protesters the night before.

Authorities used various tools to disperse the crowd ahead of Trump’s photo op, including tear gas, pepper balls, and rubber bullets.

An Inspector General report later found that the protesters were cleared so that contractors could install “anti-scale fencing” after federal property had been damaged during riots in the prior two days, not so Trump could make it to St. John’s. But the chaotic images of the park being cleared, followed in short order by Trump awkwardly posing in front of the building with a copy of the Bible did not make for great optics.

Christ Comparisons

On Monday, just one day before Trump began to hawk the God Bless the USA Bible, he shared a “beautiful” message he purported to have received from a supporter that morning that read, “It’s ironic that Christ walked through His greatest persecution the very week they are trying to steal your property from you.” The message also asked if Trump had “seen” Psalm 109: 3-8, and thanked him “for taking the arrows intended for us.”

Trump had previously shared a sketch of Jesus Christ sitting next to him in court.

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