Trump Reveals the Shocking Amount He Made on Dumb Bible Scam

Six months ago and under the gun for roughly half a billion dollars in legal expenses, Donald Trump took on a flurry of bizarre get-rich-quick schemes to raise some capital. They included a line of NFTs featuring cartoonish images of himself dressed up as superhero characters; a line of gold, high-top sneakers that retailed for $399 a pop; and, bizarrely, his own Bible series.

Trump pitched his God Bless the USA Bible alongside singer Lee Greenwood, the man who popularized the song itā€™s named after. The selling point boiled down to a callback to Trumpā€™s campaign: ā€œWe must make America pray again.ā€

ā€œYes, this is the only Bible endorsed by President Trump!ā€ the site advertised.

And while itā€™s unclear if the Trump-endorsed, $60 religious text actually made more people pray, it certainly did help line the convicted felonā€™s pockets. According to Trumpā€™s latest financial disclosure, that far-flung idea actually brought in $300,000 in royalties. Those numbers could have been bolstered by an even pricier signed version, which retailed for $1,000.

It wasnā€™t the only book that Trump made some cash off of. His book Letters to Trump, which featured a letter from former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brownā€”who disputed Trumpā€™s claim that the two had shared a near-death experience in a helicopter togetherā€”raked in $4.5 million. One of his more recents books, A MAGA Journey, netted $505,763, while Trumpā€™s bestseller, The Art of the Deal, managed to bring in between $50,000 and $100,000 in royalties.

But Trumpā€™s other weird money streams also helped bring in some quick cash. The disclosure listed $7.15 million coming from a source labeled NFT INT., likely referring to his NFT series. And, despite having previously labeled cryptocurrency as a scam, the former president notably kept a stockpile of cash in the new-wave currencies, with the disclosure listing roughly $5 million in crypto.

Trump listed his social media platform, Truth Social, at more than $50 million. Trump owns nearly 65 percent of Truth Socialā€™s parent company, Trump Media & Technology Group. The companyā€™s stock value has plummeted in recent days.

Still, the disclosure couldnā€™t offset Trumpā€™s legal reality: It lists more than $100 million for bonds related to three of his legal trials in New York.