{"id":398786,"date":"2019-03-09T21:52:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T20:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/donald-trump-gets-lampooned-on-twitter-for-autographing-bibles-rt-usa-news\/"},"modified":"2019-03-09T21:52:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T20:52:42","slug":"donald-trump-gets-lampooned-on-twitter-for-autographing-bibles-rt-usa-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/donald-trump-gets-lampooned-on-twitter-for-autographing-bibles-rt-usa-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump gets lampooned on Twitter for autographing Bibles \u2014 RT USA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/thumbnail\/5c83a9c0fc7e93af268b459b.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        The US president visited an Alabama town devastated by a deadly tornado, where he paid his respects to those who died in the natural disaster, as well as\u2026 signed Bibles, delivering Twitter a conniption fit.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The president met with relatives of the storm victims, as hundreds of people congregated at a local Baptist church in hopes of shaking Trump\u2019s hand, or even better, getting him to autograph their Bibles.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more-big\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/450889-nancy-pelosi-fake-bible-quote\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"read-more-big__container\"><br \/>\n        <span class=\"read-more-big__content\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__subtitle\">Also on rt.com<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__title\">Nancy Pelosi\u2019s favorite Bible verse isn\u2019t in the Bible<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__cover lazyload\" data-bgset=\"&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.02\/xxs\/5c5c3380fc7e93947c8b45c4.jpg 280w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.02\/xs\/5c5c3380fc7e93947c8b45c4.jpg 320w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.02\/thumbnail\/5c5c3380fc7e93947c8b45c4.jpg 460w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.02\/m\/5c5c3380fc7e93947c8b45c4.jpg 540w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.02\/l\/5c5c3380fc7e93947c8b45c4.jpg 768w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.02\/article\/5c5c3380fc7e93947c8b45c4.jpg 980w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.02\/xxl\/5c5c3380fc7e93947c8b45c4.jpg 1240w&#10;                        \" data-sizes=\"auto\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In fact, the Bible owners were apparently happy with their unique memorabilia after Trump signed a couple of them, but Twitter users had a slightly different take on the act.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDonald Trump signing bibles is like Hannibal Lecter signing cookbooks,\u201d<\/em> joked filmmaker Adam Best.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump signing bibles is like Hannibal Lecter signing cookbooks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Best (@adamcbest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamcbest\/status\/1104114657571336193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Others expressed concern that the president might actually think that he penned the religious text.<\/p>\n<p>Netizens also expressed frustration that Trump wasn\u2019t being accused by Fox News and other news outlets of impropriety \u2013 even though similar behavior from a Democrat would have surely caused mass uproar.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTrust me, if Obama had signed Bibles, the people at Fox News would\u2019ve lost their minds,\u201d<\/em> wrote former Obama official Chris Lu.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trust me, if Obama had signed Bibles, the people at Fox News would\u2019ve lost their minds.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisLu44\/status\/1104166121324888064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The uncouth autographing even gave birth to new memes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Like this story? Share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/453408-trump-signs-bible-twitter\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US president visited an Alabama town devastated by a deadly tornado, where he paid his respects to those who died in the natural disaster, as well as\u2026 signed Bibles, delivering Twitter a conniption fit. 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