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Trump Reads Telling Bible Verse Days After Jesus Controversy
April 22, 2026
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Christians EngagedPresident Donald Trump is leaning into his latent Christianity just days after depicting himself as Jesus Christ and hurling insults at the pope.The 79-year-old participated in an “America Reads The Bible” event on Tuesday, a week-long scripture reading arranged to coincide with America’s 250th anniversary.In a pre-recorded video, Trump read from the Old Testament, specifically 2 Chronicles 7:11-22.
The passage is often cited by Christian nationalists, the Associated Press notes, who invoke it when seeking to bolster their argument that the U.S. was founded as a Christian nation and should remain one.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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