Moneten statt Moral: Wenn die Kasse klingelt, vergisst Donald Trump seine Kritik an China. Er kaufte dort Bibeln, die er daheim verramscht. Kaum ein Tag vergeht, ohne dass Donald Trump China nicht in Haftung nimmt für alles ökonomisch Üble in Amerika. Vor allem, dass Arbeitsplätze gen Peking abgewandert sind, hält der 78-Jährige dem geopolitischen Rivalen (und den Demokraten) regelmäßig vor. Das hält den republikanischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten nicht davon ab, ganz persönlich blendende Geschäfte mit dem kommunistischen Riesenreich zu machen. So hat Trump, wie US-Medien durch Handelsprotokolle erfahren haben, Tausende Exemplare seiner „God Bless the USA“-Bibel in China drucken lassen – für weniger als drei Dollar das Stück. Nach Übersendung in die USA ließ der New Yorker Unternehmer das Buch der Bücher für rund 60 Dollar an Trump-beseelte Gläubige verscherbeln. Anfang dieses Jahres konnte der Transport von 120 000 Bibeln aus der Stadt Hangzhou nach Amerika rekonstruiert werden. Verkaufserlös: knapp sieben Millionen Dollar.
via morgenpost: Trump verteufelt China – und kauft dort Billig-Bibeln ein
siehe auch: Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible? It’s Made in China. A special edition now features a memorialization of Trump’s shooting, or as the Bible calls it, “the day God intervened.”. Donald Trump’s record of hypocrisy and grifting now appears to extend to his “God Bless the USA” Bible. A new report from the Associated Press reveals that nearly 120,000 copies of the former president’s $60 Bibles are printed in China, the same country he’s spent most of his political career lambasting. Those copies, according to records obtained by the AP, were shipped in February and March, likely making a $7 million profit for Trump. As we previously wrote, these Bibles aren’t just average publications of a holy text. They include a handwritten chorus of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA,” as well as a custom embossing “in remembrance of the day that God intervened during President Donald J. Trump’s assassination attempt,” available in special edition copies; Trump’s ‘God Bless the USA’ Bible Was Made in China The former president promises to bring back manufacturing from China while profiting off their goods. Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bibles were printed in China. The Bibles — gussied-up editions of the King James Bible that include some of the nation’s founding documents and the lyrics of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” — have been heavily promoted by the Trump campaign, even as the former president attacks China as a threat to American jobs and manufacturing. According to a Wednesday report from The Associated Press, the Bibles, which retail for $59.99, are being produced for less than $3 each by a printing company in Hangzhou, China. Import and export shipping records analyzed by the AP identified three separate shipments of Bibles with an estimated value of $342,000, suggesting $7 million in revenue off the grift.
