The Daily Blast
How Trump’s Weird Bible Scam Sends Hidden Codes to His Angry MAGA Base
Trump's "God Bless the USA Bible" hawking is more than the usual grift. It's also a peek into his potential Christian Nationalist designs for a second term.
Donald Trump’s announcement that he is now peddling something called the “God Bless the USA Bible” drew outrage from some religious figures, but one group that’s been conspicuously quiet about it are evangelical leaders. Why? Perhaps because Trump is making subtle promises to give them what they want. We talked with Katherine Stewart, a journalist who covers the religious right, about all the ways Trump is signaling a second term shaped around ideals of Christian Nationalism.
