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Donald Trump’s latest fundraising gimmick is a flag–emblazoned Bible packed with American “founding” documents, Lee Greenwood song lyrics, and a very tenuous connection to Trump. If you’re a white Christian nationalist looking for justifications to knock down the already shaky wall between the government and religion, this tome that first appeared in 2021 is tailor-made for you. Otherwise, you’ll probably find it offensive.
With Greenwood waxing rhapsodic to The Tennessean about how there’s no “better match than faith and patriotism,” this might as well be the official Bible for the Republic of Gilead. And if the connection to Trump is relegated to some of the profits ending up in his bank account, that’s not unexpected. Putting his name on other people’s stuff is what he does. It’s not like Trump designed those gold sneakers.
But for actual Christians—that is, the kind who think the Golden Rule might just be more important than giving Trump more gold to help him rule—this whole affair is nothing short of disgusting.
