Former PresidentĀ Donald Trumpā€™s latest ventureĀ selling BiblesĀ has sparked the fury of Christians.

Trump, who became the presumptiveĀ RepublicanĀ nominee earlier in March, posted a video on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday urging his supporters to buy the ā€œGod Bless the USA Bible,ā€ inspired by country singer Lee Greenwoodā€™s patriotic ballad.

ā€œHappy Holy Week! Letā€™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,ā€ Trump wrote in the post, alongside a link to a website selling the book for $59.99. It came a day afterĀ Trump seemingly compared his legal plight to Jesus Christā€™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.

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    8 months ago

    Their handlers (pastors, Fox News, OANN, etc) have made them genuinely terrified that everyone outside their echo-chamber are ā€œbaby-murdering, child-grooming, liberal perverts that want to force you to swear allegiance to the Beast of the End Timesā€. Any attempt to validate those claims is not just treason, but literal religious heresy. Iā€™m sure you donā€™t need to be told, but Iā€™ll say it anyway: I am not exaggerating.

    Even quoting their own scripture at them (because it absolutely disagrees with almost everything they stand for) is immediately disregardedā€¦ because remember: not doing as your told is the work of Satan, and ā€œeven the devil can quote scripture.ā€

    There is no redemption for people like that (see: Matthew 23:13).