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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

I couldn't make this shit up if I tried. Not "fake news" but real news - Trump is who he is, and dispicably unprincipled pure huckster is too mild a term.

Grifting knows no limit when you have to make bond?

 

If you don't believe it is true, read Guardian - beginning:

Book of Donald: Trump hawks special ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $60

Former president sells Trump-endorsed Bible in concert with Lee Greenwood, country singer whose music is played at his rallies

in Washington
Tue 26 Mar 2024 19.55 EDTFirst published on Tue 26 Mar 2024 14.20 EDT
a man in a blue suit and blue tie holds a bible
Donald Trump holds a Bible in Washington in June 2020, when ge walked to the St John’s Church after police had violently cleared a racial justice protest. Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP

Patriotic, prayerful and rightwing Americans are being offered the chance to purchase – for a mere $59.99 – a Bible endorsed by Donald Trump, in the latest example of the former US president touting wares to the American public.

In a post to his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, the current presumptive Republican nominee and 88-times charged criminal defendant said: “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.”

In an accompanying video message, Trump said: “I’m proud to be partnering with my very good friend Lee Greenwood – who doesn’t love his song God Bless the USA? – in connection with promoting the God Bless the USA Bible.”

Greenwood, a country singer whose signature tune is played at Trump rallies, is offering the Bibles for sale through a website, GodBlessTheUSABible.com.

The site features a picture of Trump smiling broadly and holding a Bible in front of his red-and-white-striped club tie. The cover of the Bible is embossed with the words “Holy Bible” and “God Bless the USA” and a design based on the US flag.

Greenwood’s website says the Bible is the only one endorsed by Trump, counsels buyers on what to do if their Bible has “sticky pages”, and answers the important question on many peoples’ minds: “Is any of the money from this Bible going to the Donald J Trump campaign for president?”

“No,” the site says. “GodBlessTheUSABible.com is not political and has nothing to do with any political campaign. GodBlessTheUSABible.com is not owned, managed or controlled by Donald J Trump, the Trump Organization, CIC Ventures LLC or any of their respective principals or affiliates.

“GodBlessTheUSABible.com uses Donald J Trump’s name, likeness and image under paid license from CIC Ventures LLC, which license may be terminated or revoked according to its terms.”

CIC Ventures was established in 2021 by a former Trump aide and a Trump-linked lawyer in Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump has lived since leaving power. Its principal address is that of Trump International Golf Club. The company has also been involved in Trump-themed money making schemes including digital training cards and gold sneakers.

Given Trump’s status as a thrice-married legally adjudicated rapist and billionaire New York property magnate nonetheless dependent on evangelical Christian support, his true relationship with and knowledge of the Bible has long been a subject of speculation.

 Guardian posts more. ChristianPost tries to appear nonjudgmental:

Trump went on to claim that "religion and Christianity are the biggest things missing from this country," which he maintained is why the nation finds itself in such turmoil.

"I think it's one of the biggest problems we have," he said. "That's why our country is going haywire. We've lost religion in our country."

He also said that every American should have a Bible in their home, and that he personally owns "many" of them because it's his "favorite book."

"This Bible is a reminder that the biggest thing we have to bring back America and to make America great again is our religion," he said. "Religion is so important, it's so missing, but it's going to come back and it's going to come back strong, just like our country is going to come back strong."

"In the end, we do not answer to bureaucrats in Washington, we answer to God in Heaven," he continued. "Christians are under siege. We must protect content that is pro-God. We love God, and we have to protect anything that is pro-God. We must defend God in the public square and not allow the media or the left-wing groups to silence, censor or discriminate against us."

Trump concluded by claiming the Founding Fathers "did a tremendous thing when they built America on Judeo-Christian values," but that their foundation is "under attack, perhaps as never before." He urged his listeners to purchase the Bible to "help spread our Christian values with others."

A product description of the Bible describes it as an "easy-to-read, large print, and slim design" that "invites you to explore God’s Word anywhere, any time."

"This bible [sic] has been designed so that it delivers an easy reading experience in the trusted King James Version translation," the description adds. "This large print Bible will be perfect to take to church, a bible study, work, travel, etc."

In addition to copies of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Pledge of Allegiance, the Bible also contains the handwritten chorus to Greenwood's "God Bless The USA."

 Axios also has the story - as incredible as it seems, it's for real -

"We must make America pray again": Trump now selling Bibles

Up-close image of former President Trump
Former President Trump appears in New York City on March 25. Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images


Former President Trump is now selling Bibles for $59.99.

The big picture: The presumptive GOP nominee is encouraging supporters to buy the "God Bless the USA Bible," which draws inspiration from country singer Lee Greenwood's patriotic anthem, "God Bless the USA."

  • GodBlessTheUSABible.com licensed Trump's image from CIC Ventures LLC — the same company that owns the trademark to "The Never Surrender High-Top Sneaker" debuted in February.

What he's saying: "We must make America pray again," Trump said in a video posted to his Truth Social account Tuesday encouraging supporters to make the purchase.

There's more -- at the STORE -

__________UPDATE_________

CNN coverage is posted on YouTube. Selling a leather-bound $59.99 bible is charging a steep price, which Trump marginalizes. 

Upside down, $59.99 is 666S$. Not that that would be a deal killer.