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

Mar 27, 2024 View Original Article
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    -56% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    13% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : This isn't the first time Trump has talked about -- or otherwise used -- the Good Book.
65% : product's website boasts that it "is the only Bible endorsed by President Trump!"
65% : In a radio interview during the 2016 Republican primary race, Trump was again asked if he had a favorite Bible verse.
64% : But in an infamous moment captured during an interview with Bloomberg Politics, Trump declined to name the best part of his favorite book.
59% : The message also asked if Trump had "seen" Psalm 109: 3-8, and thanked him "for taking the arrows intended for us."
57% : Two Corinthians 3:17, that's the whole ballgame!" declared Trump before reading the verse aloud.
53% : "Two CorinthiansIn a speech at Liberty University in 2016, Trump vowed to "protect Christianity.
51% : Christ ComparisonsOn 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."
50% : And some people, look, an 'eye for an eye,' you can almost say that," replied Trump.
45% : 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.
42% : 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.
33% : 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.
31% : 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.
27% : "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.

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