Thousands of Copies of Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were Printed in a Country that Trump has repeatedly Accused of Stealing American Jobs and Engaging in Unfair Trade Practices, China. Global Trade Records show a Printing company in China’s Eastern City of Hangzhou, shipped close to 120,000 of the Bibles to the U.S. between early February and late March.
The estimated value of the Three separate Shipments was $342,000, or less than $3 per Bible, according to Databases that use Customs Data to Track Exports and Imports. The Minimum price for the Trump-backed Bible is $59.99, putting the potential Sales revenue at about $7 million.
The Trump Bible’s connection to China reveals a Deep divide between Trump’s Harsh Anti-China Rhetoric, and His rush to Cash-In while Campaigning.
Trump says His Bibles would help America. The Largest and most recent Load of 70,000 Copies of Trump’s Bible arrived by Container vessel at the Port of Los Angeles on March 28th, Two days after Trump announced in a Video posted on his Truth Social platform, that He’d partnered with Country Singer Lee Greenwood to Hawk the Bibles.
In the Video, Trump blended Religion with His Campaign Message as He urged Viewers to Buy the Bible, inspired by Greenwood’s Ballad, “God Bless the USA.” The Bible includes Copies of the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and Pledge of Allegiance.
“This Bible is a reminder that the biggest thing we have to bring back in America, and to make America great again, is our religion, Trump said. Judeo-Christian values, Hhe added, are “under attack, perhaps as never before.”
A Hand-Signed copy by Trump's Bible sells for $1,000. A Version Memorializes the July 13th Assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. Trump’s name is on the Cover above the phrase, “The Day God Intervened.” The wording appears to have been stamped on after the Bible was Produced. Trump said His would-be Assassin did Not Ssucceed “by the hand of providence and the grace of God.”
The Bibles are sold exclusively through a Website, that states it is not Affiliated with any Political Campaign nor is it Owned or Controlled by Trump. A Photo posted on the website shows Trump sitting at His desk in the Oval Office with Greenwood standing beside Him. In another Photo, Trump smiles broadly while holding a Copy of the Bible. Trump's Name and Image are Licensed.
The website states that Trump’s Name and Image are used under a Paid License from CIC Ventures, a company Trump reported Oowning in His most recent Financial Ddisclosure. CIC Ventures earned $300,000 in Bible Sales Royalties, according to the Disclosure. It’s unclear what Period that covers or how much Trump received in additional Payments since the Disclosure was Released in August.
The web of Enterprises has stoked Conflict of Interest concerns. Selling Products at Prices that exceed their Value may be considered a Campaign Contribution, said Claire Finkelstein, Founder of the Nonpartisan Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, and a Law Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
“You have to assume that everything that the individual does is being done as a candidate and so that any money that flows through to him benefits him as a candidate,” Finkelstein said. “Suppose Vladimir Putin were to buy a Trump watch. Is that a campaign finance violation? I would think so.” Selling Bibles, She added, “strikes me as a profoundly problematic mixing of religion and state.”
As president, Trump would be in a position to influence Policies and Markets to benefit Businesses in which He and His Family have Financial stakes. While President, His Administration Exempted Bibles and other Religious Texts from Tariffs imposed on billions of dollars of Chinese Goods.
The First delivery of Trump Bibles was labeled “God Bless USA,” according to the Information from the Panjiva and Import Genius databases. The other Two were described as “Bibles.” All the Bbooks were shipped by New Ade Cultural Media, a Printing company in Hangzhou that describes itself as a “custom Bible book manufacturer.” They were sent to Freedom Park Design, a company in Alabama that Databases identified as the Importer of the Bibles.
Tammy Tang, a Sales Representative for New Ade, said All Three Shipments were “God Bless the USA” Bibles. She said New Ade received the Orders via the WhatsApp Messaging service and Confirmed they were from Freedom Park Design. The Books were printed on Ppresses near the company’s Hangzhou Office, She said. Freedom Park Design was Incorporated in Florida on March 1st.
The King James Version used in the Trump Bible is in the Public Domain. Greenwood had initially Pplanned to use the best-selling New International Version Licensed in North America by HarperCollins Christian Publishing. But the Publisher Abandoned the Arrangement amid Pressure from Religious Scholars and Authors who Denounced the Merger of Scripture and Government Documents as a “toxic mix” that would fuel Christian Nationalism Ssentiments in Evangelical Churches.
Christian Nationalism is a Movement that fuses American and Christian Values, Symbols, and Identity. and seeks to Privilege Christianity in Public Life. Christian Nationalists are likely to Believe the U.S. Constitution was Inspired by God and that the Federal Government should declare the U.S. a Christian Nation.
Other Critics called the Trump Bible Blasphemous. “Taking what has long been understood as a global message religiously and stamping it with the flag of one nation is the type of thing that for centuries theologians would call heresy,” said Brian Kaylor, a Baptist Minister and President of the Christian Media Company Word&Way.
Tim Wildsmith, a BaptistMminister who reviews Bibles on his YouTube Channel, said He quickly Noticed the Signs of a Cheaply made Book when His “God Bless the USA” Bible arrived wrapped in Plastic inside a Padded Mailer.
It had a Faux Lleather Cover, and Words were jammed together on the Pages, making it Hard to Read. He also found Sticky pages that Ripped when pulled apart, and there was No Copyright Page or Information about who Pprinted the Bible, or Where.
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