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Donald Trump And Joel Osteen Might Start A New Mega Church Together
President Donald Trump is reportedly looking into the tax benefits and business strategies of becoming a televangelist.
According to advisers close to Trump, he spent most of last week calling several televangelists for advice on how to set up a mega church of his own. A Trump staffer requesting anonymity secretly recorded Trump’s end of the call for a portion of a talk with Joel Osteen.
The following is a transcript of the recording:
“…So you’re telling me there’s no taxes on churches? Wow… So I can tell the state of New York and federal prosecutors to go f*** themselves because all my money is for Jesus or whoever? That’s incredible! … I should have started a church decades ago! How much money do you make from your congregation in donations? … Oh, so you write a lot of books and stuff, and make money that way? … Right, of course, you have to pretend the actual church crap is not about the money… Okay, very smart, Joel. So the compassionate sounding fluff is the hook to bring them in, and you’re basically just hawking a lot of merch? … Ha! Not taking a salary, that’s clever! But you get your followers to peer-pressure each other into buying your products, and compete to see who has them all, and judge the ones not buying the…
