Trump Bibles Printed in China for $2.85 Each

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

The Associated Press and other news sources began reporting this week that the now infamous "God Bless the USA Bible," aka "The Trump Bible," has been being printed in China, a country at which Donald Trump routinely wails over its "unfair" trade practices.  An investigation by the AP has revealed that at least three shipments of the Bibles totaling 120,000 arrived in the United States from Hangzhou, China, earlier this year, and that the Bibles had an estimated cost of $342,000 - or $2.85 each.  Here in the United States they retail for $59.99 each.  (That is a very sweet markup of 2,004.91%!)

(Note:  Not being a mathematician, I arrived at that figure by posing the following to ChatGPT:  "If something costs $2.85 to manufacture and sells for $59.99, what is the percentage of markup?"  My AI good buddy says it is over 2,000 percent.  If you disagree, shoot him, not me!)

"The God Bless the USA Bible," aka "Trump Bible," was the one the state of Oklahoma seemed hellbent on buying for its public school students in grades five through twelve just a couple of weeks ago - one in a leather or fake leather covering that contained the King James Versions of the Old and New Testaments, the US Pledge of Allegiance, the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and the US Bill of Rights.  Oklahoma revised its bid specifications last week in what appears to be an effort to stem criticism and open the bidding process to more vendors.

So what does a $2.85 Bible look like? 

Reverend Tim Wildsmith, a Baptist minister with his own YouTube channel, reviews Bibles, and he ordered a copy of the "God Bless the USA Trump Bible" to review it.    Rev. Wildsmith described it as a "cheaply made book" and reported that the cover was faux leather, the words were "jammed together" on pages making it hard to read, some pages were stuck together and ripped when pulled apart, and that there was no copyright page or information about who printed the Bible or where it was printed.  Reverend Wildsmith concluded, "I was shocked by how poor the quality of it was.  It says to me that it's more about the love of money than it is for the love of our country."

The latest version of the Trump Bible was printed after the July 13th assassination attempt on the pitch man / politician and bears this stamp on the cover:

Donald J. Trump

45th President

of the

United States of America

The Day God Intervened

July 13, 2024

Hurry!  This offer won't last long!  Get yours today while supplies last - and before the price goes up!