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Of Presidents and Profits: Donald Trump Pitches His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bible

Does Trump possess more knowledge of the Bible than he did about the COVID-19 virus?

The United States flag hanging in O’hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. © Randy Runtsch.

“And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?

“So it’d be interesting to check that.”

— President Trump speaking at a press conference about COVID-19 in April 2020

I remember watching the White House press conference in April 2020 when President Donald Trump suggested injecting disinfectant into people to treat COVID-19 infections. I remember laughing at the suggestion.

Replica of a horse-drawn log cabin advertising wagon that might have been used during Abraham Lincoln’s campaign for the presidency in 1860. © Randy Runtsch.

On the following day, I had a vision. I imagined President Trump standing on the White House lawn. He wore a stovepipe hat, his hands…