(CP) Former President Donald Trump promoted a latest leather-bound “God Bless the USA” Bible on Tuesday, and warned his supporters that Christians within the U.S. are “under siege.”
In a video statement posted to Truth Social, Trump displayed a version of the Bible that he’s promoting with musician Lee Greenwood, whose song “God Bless the USA” often features during Trump’s rallies.
Trump noted that the Bible, which is within the King James Version and costs $59.99, also features the founding American documents, which he encouraged every citizen to read.
“You must have it to your heart and to your soul,” Trump said. “Many of you’ve gotten never read them and do not know the liberties and rights you’ve gotten as Americans, and the way you’re being threatened to lose those rights. It’s happening on a regular basis. It’s a really sad thing that is happening in our country, but we’re gonna get it turned around.”
Trump went on to assert that “religion and Christianity are the most important things missing from this country,” which he maintained is why the nation finds itself in such turmoil.
“I feel it’s one in all the most important problems we’ve,” he said. “That’s why our country goes haywire. We’ve lost religion in our country.”
He also said that each American must have a Bible of their home, and that he personally owns “many” of them since it’s his “favorite book.”
“This Bible is a reminder that the most important thing we’ve to bring back America and to make America great again is our religion,” he said. “Religion is so necessary, it is so missing, but it will come back and it will come back strong, similar to our country goes to return back strong.”
“In the top, we don’t answer to bureaucrats in Washington, we answer to God in Heaven,” he continued. “Christians are under siege. We must protect content that’s pro-God. We love God, and we’ve to guard anything that’s pro-God. We must defend God in the general public square and never allow the media or the left-wing groups to silence, censor or discriminate against us.”
Trump concluded by claiming the Founding Fathers “did an amazing thing after they built America on Judeo-Christian values,” but that their foundation is “under attack, perhaps as never before.” He urged his listeners to buy the Bible to “help spread our Christian values with others.”
A product description of the Bible describes it as an “easy-to-read, large print, and slim design” that “invites you to explore God’s Word anywhere, any time.”
“This bible [sic] has been designed in order that it delivers a straightforward reading experience within the trusted King James Version translation,” the outline adds. “This large print Bible will likely be perfect to take to church, a bible study, work, travel, etc.”
In addition to copies of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Pledge of Allegiance, the Bible also incorporates the handwritten chorus to Greenwood’s “God Bless The USA.”
Earlier this week, Trump appeared to liken the unfair trial of Jesus to his treatment in his civil fraud case in New York, which has seen him slapped with a $454 million judgment. A New York appeals court ruled Monday that the state will hold off on potentially seizing his assets if he’s in a position to give you $175 million bond inside 10 days.
Posting a supposed message from a supporter that noted the irony of the legal battle he’s facing during Holy Week, Trump went on to cite Psalm 109:3-8, which pleads for God’s judgment against false accusers.
The apostle Peter applied Psalm 109:8Â to Judas Iscariot, in keeping with Acts 1:20.
On June 1, 2020, Trump drew criticism for a controversial photo shoot during which he held up a Bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church a day after protesters torched and damaged it during height of the riots that roiled Washington, D.C., that summer after George Floyd’s death.
Trump was accused of tear gassing protesters in Lafayette Park outside the White House to make way for the photo shoot, though a report from the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of the Interior determined that police had already planned to disperse the gang before they learned of Trump’s plan to walk over to the church.
