SNL dismantles President Trump's complaints about Bible sales and pandering to Christianity, just in time for Easter.
Trump on SNL said:
It's Easter, the time of year when I compare myself to Jesus. That's what I do now, and people seem okay with it. I plan to continue doing this. If you think this is a terrible way to look at it, imagine how weird it would be if I started selling Bibles. Well, we sell Bibles. Check out this beautiful Bible made 100% from the Bible. It sounds like a joke, and in many ways it is, but it's also very much a joke. As you know, I love the Bible. It's my favorite book. I'm sure I've read it.
My favorite part is probably the ending, how it all ends. But this is a very special Bible. And it can be yours for the hefty price of $60. But I'm not doing this for the money. I'm doing this for God's glory and pandering, and mostly for money. But it's very sad. Religion and Christianity have completely disappeared from this country and we need to bring them back.
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Without religion, there would be no law, and there would be no missionary travel. I've heard that mission trips are a lot of fun. You might go to Mexico, build a house, and flirt with someone on your last night. And then we return to Clearwater, Florida as if nothing happened. But you'll love my new and even better Bible. It includes everything you love from the Bible, including the Easter story, which is mostly about Jesus instead of rabbits. The rabbit never appeared. Are you okay. Now, my Bible also includes some beautiful illustrations, like Moses going down the river in a basket. Right behind Moses trying to pass on the left. And now I am in the Garden of Eden with my physical body. Well, I think I'm pretty good at saying no to snakes in terms of not liking fruit. And here's Noah's Ark, all the animals are on the Ark, here's me screaming at Noah, hey buddy, you forgot the raccoon.
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Anyway, it's Easter Eve, so let's bow our heads – we don't mean to – and say the Lord's Prayer. We all know that very well, especially me. Our Father in heaven, holy beep beep, bing, bing, bing, trespass, daily bread, and please lead us into temptation, and pay for our car. please. In the name of His Father and His Son and the Easter Bunny, Amen.
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It's all a scam. Everyone knows it's a scam. Even evangelical Christians who support Trump know they are complicit with the fraudsters. The reality is they don't care. Their „religious values“ mean nothing to them. They want a president who bans abortion and treats them like another constituency to be appeased.
Trump is kidding, but Republicans keep nominating Trump because he won once, and they desperately want to believe he can win again and get the extremist policies Trump wants.
The best thing Donald Trump did for the country was expose the evangelical right's deception through his actions.
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