Trump to join public Bible reading as Pope Leo clash simmers
Source: The Hill
04/18/26 11:41 AM ET
President Trump on Friday announced that he will attend a marathon reading of the Bible amid his feud with Pope Leo XIV. The group Christians Engaged listed Trump one of many participants in the America Reads the Bible event, which starts Saturday evening and runs for a week.
The president said in a statement that he applauds every citizen participating in the America Reads the Bible initiative. Together, we will honor Holy Scripture, renew our faith, usher in a historic resurgence of religion on American shores, and rededicate the United States as one Nation under God. Event organizers told The New York Times that Trump recorded his segment of the reading from the Oval Office. The president will read from the Old Testament book of 2 Chronicles.
The outlet added that this passage is interpreted by Trumps Christian supporters as a call to national repentance and subsequent blessing. Several past and present Trump administration officials will also participate in the reading, who make up the roughly 500 readers listed on the events website.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson, Veteran Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are on the list. Trump allies such as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and the Rev. Franklin Graham are also scheduled to participate.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5837716-trump-bible-reading-pope-leo-feud-ai-jesus/
Sinners all. Does this mean they will restore USAID or all those programs cut that helped to feed and care for the health of this nation? Are people like Keystone Kash or Tulsi included?
If not, it's all just " (meaningless) words on a page" to them.
Ocelot II
(130,826 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,240 posts)Dulcinea
(10,176 posts)PittBlue
(4,818 posts)Imagine that blood thirsty monster reading the Bible.
piddyprints
(15,115 posts)there's plenty of blood thirsty shit in the Bible.
PittBlue
(4,818 posts)Im just so sick of all this Bible crap all of the time.
pazzyanne
(6,761 posts)no_hypocrisy
(55,074 posts)BumRushDaShow
(170,669 posts)seabiscuit5920
(30 posts)King Solomon had 500+ concubines! There is a very lustful chapter on his indecent desires for one of them. They want this book in school libraries????
ultralite001
(2,579 posts)JOHN 11:35
"Jesus wept."
Krasnov can probably handle that much scripture...
Irish_Dem
(81,833 posts)sop
(18,880 posts)
caraher
(6,364 posts)Which Tarantino film will they be from?
delisen
(7,394 posts)Trump is so easily flattered and manipulated.
I wonder what Paula White has told him. perhaps that that only he can open the Gates of Hormuz and deliver unto the world the precious oil, so that the peoples of the world will be saved from annihilation and, anointed with the oil they will praise your name, and the world s riches will flow to you and to your faithful servants through the miracle of insider trading.
Ocelot II
(130,826 posts)SamKnause
(14,920 posts)They hate this country and everything it stands for.
Their religion, their book, and their beliefs are sick and twisted.
Fuck fascists !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fuck Christian theocracy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oasis
(53,780 posts)EarthFirst
(4,179 posts)so it will be quite interesting to see where this goes.
Grokenstein
(6,372 posts)he'll drop his marble and tell the crowd he personally wrote it.
travelingthrulife
(5,325 posts)ToxMarz
(2,981 posts)blue blues
(75 posts)I can wait for it .... in the middle of verse he starts a rant about Biden or Obama
maybe a sir story
erronis
(24,096 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,029 posts)Especially when he stops and asks "Who the hell put all these red words in here?"
PuraVidaDreamin
(4,643 posts)paleotn
(22,413 posts)Use the goddamn smite button!!!!

Smilo
(2,041 posts)The "America Reads the Bible" marathon kicked off TODAY and Trump is participating with a special reading from the Oval Office this week. Out of the entire Bible 66 books, 1,189 chapters, 31,000 verses the organizers assigned Donald Trump 2 Chronicles 7:14.
A verse about humbling yourself. Turning from your wicked ways. Seeking forgiveness from God so He will "heal their land."
A repentance verse. For Trump.
And before you think this is just a coincidence the event organizer went on camera and literally said: "It's a scripture about repentance. None of us are perfect." They knew exactly what they were doing.
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radical noodle
(10,635 posts)He won't understand a word of it. It would make for a great comedy skit, though.
Keepthesoulalive
(2,327 posts)Let the Bible catch fire and light up his soul as well as the rest of his mortal body.
not fooled
(6,719 posts)there is no god.
underpants
(196,824 posts)
mahina
(20,684 posts)Spitting my tea out.
Rolling! DUzy awards committee: YO! Look up!
mahina
(20,684 posts)is the past tense smited or smote?
mobeau69
(12,409 posts)And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
KPN
(17,433 posts)BidenRocks
(3,373 posts)Seinan Sensei
(1,589 posts)You know. The one across from the corner store.
cstanleytech
(28,515 posts)3Hotdogs
(15,433 posts)pissed that it had big words innit/
Karasu
(2,026 posts)orleans
(37,029 posts)and now he can sell more bibles!
bmichaelh
(1,217 posts)If you wanted to listen to the Bible, there are some recordings by some great Shakespearean actors: Laurence Olivier, David Suchet and James Earl Jones.
I can not listen to Trump say 3 words together; what terrible tone.
BTW, there is a scene in Olivier's film production of Richard III when he is displaying religious devotion and is accompanied by two clerics as he plots to steal the crown from his nephew.