Newly released financial disclosures show President Donald Trump has earned more than $1.5 million licensing his name to the “God Bless the USA Bible,” prompting renewed criticism from The Freedom From Religion Foundation. 

Trump’s latest financial disclosure, covering calendar year 2025, reports he earned an additional $208,486 from the licensed bible, on top of the $1,306,035 he disclosed earning the previous year, bringing his total reported earnings from the product to $1,514,521.

The expensive bible packages, which feature the “King James Bible” along with the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Pledge of Allegiance and Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA,” blend scripture, patriotic documents and political branding into a single commercial product.

“As all things are with Trump, this has always been about money,” said FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. “Trump wraps himself in Christianity, wraps the Constitution inside a bible, and is persuading supporters to finance his political brand while enriching himself to the tune of more than $1.5 million. It is a stunning example of political pandering and exploiting religious faith for personal profit.”

Trump first promoted the bible during the 2024 Easter season, declaring that “every American needs a bible in their home” while urging supporters to purchase what was advertised as “the only bible endorsed by President Trump.” The bible has since spawned multiple $99 premium editions, including “Presidential,” “America 250” and “Inauguration Day” versions.

Trump has famously struggled to discuss even the most basic aspects of the bible, declining on multiple occasions to identify a favorite verse or even express a preference between the Old and New Testaments. Yet he has earned more than $1.5 million licensing his name to an overpriced bible manufactured in China.

The bible itself has long drawn criticism not only from constitutional advocates but also from progressive Christian leaders who warn that combining scripture with patriotic documents promotes Christian nationalism by conflating devotion to God with allegiance to a political movement.

“Religion should never be a marketing strategy,” Gaylor adds. “Nor should the office of the presidency become a platform for selling religious merchandise. Americans deserve leaders who respect both religion and government enough to keep them separate — not presidents who see faith as another licensing opportunity.”

Trump’s bible enterprise demonstrates how easily religious symbolism can be weaponized to enrich politicians while undermining the constitutional principle of state/church separation that protects believers and nonbelievers alike. The Freedom From Religion Foundation continues to oppose the growing effort by Christian nationalists to blur the constitutional separation between religion and government for political and financial gain. 

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated to defending the constitutional principle of separation between state and church and educating the public on matters relating to nontheism. With about 41,000 members, FFRF is the largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics and humanists) in North America. For more information, visit ffrf.org.

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