No, Trump doesn’t know more about the Bible than the Pope
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Jonty Langley2026-05-15T09:57:00
US televangelist and pastor Robert Jeffress has claimed that Donald Trump understands the Bible better than the Pope. Jonty Langley respectfully disagrees. Here’s his tongue-in-cheek analysis of what’s going on
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