Political analyst David Axelrod, who was instrumental in electing Barack Obama to the White House in 2008, criticized former President Trump’s decision to release his own set of Bibles in an attempt to boost his campaign coffers.
“This is a guy who has violated 11 of the Ten Commandments,” Axelrod said in response to a Truth Social post by the former president who published a video message promoting the book he in the past claimed to be his “favorite.”
‘Happy Easter! Let’s make America pray again. As we approach Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to pick up a copy of the Bible God Bless the USA,’ Trump said in a video message earlier this week.
‘Every American needs a Bible in their home, and I have many. It’s my favorite book. “It’s a lot of people’s favorite book,” he added.
The Bibles are priced at $59.99 and are printed along with the Old and New Testaments and contain the United States Constitution. Bill of Rights. Declaration of Independence and Pledge of Allegiance.
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“This is a guy who has violated 11 of the Ten Commandments,” said political analyst David Axelrod, pictured, upon hearing the news that the former president will now sell Bibles.
Trump’s Bibles feature the words “Holy Bible” and “God Bless the USA.” on the front.
Trump’s sales pitch comes as the former president faces a serious cash crisis and mounting legal bills.
The cover of the Bible contains the words ‘Holy Bible’ and ‘God Bless the USA’ and a design based on the American flag.
The website touts it as “the only Bible endorsed by President Trump!”
The Bible is described as “easy to read” with “large print” and a “slim design” that “invites you to explore God’s Word anywhere, anytime.”
The website insists that the Bible is not funding Trump’s presidential campaign, noting that it “is not political and has nothing to do with any political campaign.”
Instead, it’s one of the criminally accused and twice-divorced former president’s latest money-making ventures along with his Trump-branded sneakers.
“Religion and Christianity are what is most lacking in this country,” Trump says in his biblical speech.
‘And I really think we have to get them back and we have to do it quickly. I think it is one of the biggest problems we have. That’s why our country is crazy. We have lost religion in our country.
He goes on to say: ‘We love God and we have to protect everything that is pro-God. It is very important to me. I want many people to have it. You have to have it for your heart and soul.
He concludes by putting a twist on his campaign slogan, saying, “We must make America pray again.”
Trump remains popular among evangelical Christians and The Bible is the best-selling book in the world.
The Bible sale is Trump’s latest initiative to raise money quickly.
Trump was neither a regular churchgoer nor did he engage in displays of faith before running for president.
President Donald Trump poses with a Bible outside St. John’s Episcopal Church in June 2020.
In fact, his 2016 presidential campaign saw a series of blunders as he attempted to court evangelicals and realized they could get him into the White House.
During a Family Leadership Summit in Iowa in 2015, Trump said he had never asked God for forgiveness.
Later, when asked to name his favorite Bible verse, he seemed unable to do so, but said he “didn’t want to go into details” and called it “very personal.”
When asked if he preferred the Old Testament to the New Testament, he simply replied, “Probably the same.”
In January 2016, Trump cited a verse that described it as “Two Corinthians” instead of “Second Corinthians.”
The mistake drew laughter from the crowd and was later mocked by his Republican rivals.
In June 2020, Trump left the White House and crossed Lafayette Square, which police forcibly cleared of George Floyd/Black Lives Matter protesters, and posed in front of the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, while holding a Bible in the air.
A journalist asked, ‘Is that your Bible?’
“It’s a Bible,” Trump responded.
In 2019, Trump appeared in Alabama where he signed Bibles in the wake of devastating tornadoes.
After signing a 12-year-old boy’s religious text, a frenzy broke out as others competed to have their Bibles marked with Trump’s distinctive, frenzied signature.
It’s unclear how much Trump will gain from this latest trade deal, but it’s clear that he only became more interested in evangelical Christians once he realized those voters could help him win the presidency.
In 2016 he won ‘eight in ten white, born-again/evangelical Christians,’ according to Pew Research, and he got about the same amount of that vote in 2020.
The website that sells the Bible states that “GodBlessTheUSABible.com is not owned, managed or controlled by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization, CIC Ventures LLC, or any of their respective directors or affiliates.”
But it does say it is licensed by CIC Ventures to use Trump’s name, likeness and likeness.
Trump’s 2023 financial disclosure shows that he has earned more than $5 million through CIC Ventures.
And his net worth skyrocketed after his media company Truth Social went public on the NASDAQ, but he can’t cash in on his stake in that company for months.
Meanwhile, he still has to come up with $175 million for an appeal bond that will prevent the state of New York from enforcing a $454 million civil fraud judgment against him.
He is also fighting an order to pay $83.3 million for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.
Additionally, the former president’s political fundraising operation has lagged behind his Democratic rival Joe Biden.
Trump’s campaign and his Save America political action committee, two key committees in his political operation, reported raising a combined total of $15.9 million in February and ended the month with more than $37 million on hand.