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Donald Trump, God Bless The USA Bible
Donald Trump hawks Bibles to true believers. Photo credit: DonkeyHotey / WhoWhatWhy (CC BY-SA 2.0) See complete attribution below.

Donald Trump took to the internet this week to hawk a 'God Bless the USA Bible.' It’s a twofer: Rake in the cash, and signal to Evangelicals that he’s on their team.

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Donald Trump is not a religious man. He pretends to be a Christian to attract right-wing Evangelicals into his cult. By endorsing a Bible that also includes some of America’s founding documents and the Pledge of Allegiance, he cozies up to fundamentalists who want to do away with the separation of church and state. 

In the announcement for his God Bless the USA Bible scam, he proclaimed, “We must make America pray again.”

Here is the former president in his own words. 

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