Trump: Don’t You Dare Make the “Good Book” Look Bad!
Could there be a more shameful money-stealer in the temple?
From the other room, I heard that familiar, hateful voice. I reflexively laughed at what was being said. But wait. It wasn’t Saturday, so it couldn’t be an SNL skit. It couldn’t be a ridiculous a humorous clip. But it sounded hilarious.
Then I realized that it was real. And I felt ashamed.
Donald Trump, who couldn’t quote a line of scripture, who denied the need for personal forgiveness, who couldn’t even hold the Bible the right side up, was hawking a combo Bible and Constitution, wrapped in the flag and a country music song.
He was enlightening us about the country’s need to usher God and Jesus back into the picture by plunking down sixty bucks worth of salvation. As much as he wanted everyone to get a religious vibe, it was clear that Christians were really that the only ones he cared about — forget about my religious Jewish relatives and my sweet Muslim nephews.
His is a special Bible. Perhaps the most outrageous statement about it was that it was the only edition “endorsed” by Trump, as if it is holier, Jesus is blonder, and slaves really are supposed to obey their masters.
