This ought to actually turn your stomach–Donald Trump’s hypocritical and blasphemous peddling of $60.00 Bibles, in a last-minute before Easter attempt to grab some more cash from his cult followers! In the marketing video Trump said “All Americans need a Bible in their home, and I have many. It’s my favorite book!” If you believe the last statement, I have some land in Florida that is for sale to you cheap! But, if it is his “favorite book,” he shows absolutely no sign of having learned anything from it. (As an example, see the previous blog entry.) His huckstering video comes in the same week the judge set a date for his trial to pay off a porn star with whom he had a sexual affair, to prevent her from revealing the details before the 2016 election. The irony is that the former President does not even recognize the irony of how phony this really is. The absolute and monumental hypocrisy could not be more apparent! His cute little slogan, “Make America pray again” added insult to injury. Would that DJT would pray for guidance as we know Washington and Lincoln did. Despite his assertions otherwise, Trump cannot hold a matchstick to either of them. Yet a score or more millions of people want this man as a hero and exemplar for their children and grandchildren. Astonishing! Coming out of the mouth of the most corrupt President in the history of the United States, this also amounts to blasphemy–huckstering in the name of God and his Holy Son!
Huckestering? You bet. Just this week the Washington Post called attention to the “fine print” attached to Trump’s recent fund raising pitches which indicate to the unsuspecting who don’t or can’t read the fine print, that a significant chunk of the proceeds goes first to an organization that is paying a significant part of his legal bills. In this case, the Bible, the attentive viewer will note, is not being sold by Trump for Trump ostensibly, but his “name, likeness and image” are used under paid license from CIC Ventures LLC” which is the same group that is associated with his $400 dollar “Never Surrender” sneakers.(1) You can be sure the man is not advertising this Bible for sale out of the goodness of his black heart. The only reason he is doing this is because there is money to be made for him.
Hypocrisy! Blasphemy! His recent campaigns are an ongoing downward spiral revealing ever more how low this man can and will go! I’ve always been a “Never Trumper” and in view of the ever-growing evidence of his absolute characterlessness, corruption, and ambition, I am proud to say that. I encourage you to join me in not only not voting for him, but doing what you can, like this blog, to resist this wannabe dictator.
Let’s think together again, soon.
Notes:
1. “CIC Ventures LLC — the limited liability company mentioned at the end of the answer — is listed in Trump's 2023 financial disclosures with him as its manager, president, secretary and treasurer, as The Washington Post reported. The same company is also listed at the bottom of the website for Trump's sneaker deal he announced in February 2024 and is associated with other products he previously endorsed, the Post also reported.”
Jordan Liles, “Fact Check: How Trump Is Profiting from Endorsement of Bibles Costing $59.99 Each, According to the God Bless the USA Bible Company,” Snopes Website, 28 March 2024, available online at:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/fact-check-how-trump-is-profiting-from-endorsement-of-bibles-costing-59-99-each-according-to-the-god-bless-the-usa-bible-company/ar-BB1kHSJR
See also:
Amy B. Wang and Marianne LeVine, “Trump has sold $59 Bibles, $399 sneakers and more since leaving office,” The Washington Post, 27 March 2024.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/27/trump-selling-bibles-sneakers/
"ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast." YouTube, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_wDQiEluJ4.
Bump, Philip. "Analysis | An All-American Bible — with a Cut of the Sales Going to Trump." Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/26/trump-bible-sales-money/.
Colvin, Jill. "Trump Is Selling 'God Bless the USA' Bibles for $59.99 as He Faces Mounting Legal Bills." The Associated Press, 26 Mar. 2024,
https://apnews.com/article/trump-god-bless-usa-bible-greenwood-2713fda3efdfa297d0f024efb1ca3003.
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