Trump defends tear gas church photo op: 'I think Christians think it was a beautiful picture'

Donald Trump today spoke on Fox News about the wide condemnation of his St. John's Church photo op, which involved tear-gassing and brutalizing peaceful protesters and shoving priests out of the church.

Said Trump on Fox, about grasping the Bible with his tiny fingers, and shoving it above his shoulder outside St. John's:

"I think it was a beautiful picture. Ill tell you, I think Christians think it was a beautiful picture."

Pres defends his St John's photo op last week. "I think it was a beautiful picture...and I think Christians think it was a beautiful picture." As for objections from SecDef Esper and Gen Milley about being part of his entourage for that event, Pres doesn't think it's significant.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 12, 2020

Trump on Fox about holding the Bible above his shoulder outside St. John's: "I think it was a beautiful picture. Ill tell you, I think Christians think it was a beautiful picture."

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 12, 2020

Trump downplays concerns of Pentagons top general about church photo, calls it a beautiful picture https://t.co/q2hWFx6Wv6

— John Wagner (@WPJohnWagner) June 12, 2020

Asked about Milleys apology for his role in the photo-op, Trump said, I think it was a beautiful picture. And Ill tell ya, I think Christians think it was a beautiful picture.

(Some Christians have said so; others, including leaders of that church, have expressed outrage.)

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 12, 2020

And there you have it.

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