Trump takes on unlikely new role for Easter - Bible salesman

Mar 26, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    N/A

  • Politician Portrayal

    36% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

36% Positive

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"When Mr Trump and his team arrived, the then-president stood silently for a while holding up a Bible."
Positive
20% Conservative
"As we lead into Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to get a copy of the God Bless The USA Bible, Mr Trump wrote."
Positive
18% Conservative
"Mr Trump's favoured Bible also includes the chorus to Greenwood's God Bless the USA, as well as the text of the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Pledge of Allegiance, making it a convenient collection for those who are tired of having to separate their church from their state."
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14% Conservative
"According to the vendor website Mr Trump linked to, the $60 Bible features easy-to-read, large print and a main selling point is that it can be picked up and moved around, which is a common feature for not only Bibles, but most books."
Positive
2% Conservative
"In his post on Tuesday, Mr Trump included a more than three minute video in which he rambled about the need for Christianity and prayer to return to the US, despite more than 60 per cent of Americans -- and 88 per cent of Congress -- professing to belong to some form of Christianity."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Many conservative Christians may be wondering if their current Bibles are acceptable in Mr Trump's eyes, but the website states that the God Bless the USA Bible is the only Bible endorsed by the former president, even though he claims to have many."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Our Founding Fathers did a tremendous thing when they built America on Judeo-Christian values, now that foundation is under attack, perhaps as never before, Mr Trump said."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Mr Trump held up the brown leather tome -- this time right-side up -- in an ad he shared on his Truth Social account on Tuesday."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Religion and Christianity are the biggest things missing from this country, and I truly believe we need to bring them back for us, I believe it's one of the biggest problems we have, that's why our country is going haywire, we've lost religion in our country, Mr Trump said."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Mr Trump has previously experienced controversies coected to the Bible."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Several opponents - including his church-going successor as president Joe Biden - accused him of using the book as a prop."
Negative
-38% Liberal

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