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pig,” “a degenerate,” “a slob,”and later (on television) “disgusting inside and out.”He made disparaging remarks about her looks, weight, and sexuality and said on national television that O’Donnell’s emotional health would improve if she never looked in a mirror.
    In
Think Big
, Trump calls O’Donnell a bully: “You’ve got to hit a bully really hard really strongly, right between the eyes … [I] hit that horrible woman right smack in the middle of the eyes. It’s true … some people would have ignored her insults. I decided to fight back and make her regret the day she decided to unload on me!”
    At the end of the chapter, Trump writes, “I love getting even when I get screwed by someone—yes, it is true … Always get even. When you are in business you need to get even with people who screw you. You need to screw them back fifteen times harder … go for the jugular,attack them in spades!”
    Trump’s words take on more significance when read in the context of his campaign statement, “No one reads the Bible more than I do.” He says
The Art of the Deal
is the greatest book ever written except for the Bible.He has never been able to recite a biblical verse.
    Among the many biblical verses warning against vengeance is Romans 12:19, which in one modern translation states, “Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay,’ says the Lord.”
    Just before the New York State primary election in April 2016,Trump told Bob Lonsberry, a radio host in Rochester, New York, that he was religious. “Is there a favorite Bible verse or favorite story that has informed your thinking or character?” Lonsberry asked.
    “Well,I think many,” Trump replied. “I mean, when we get into the Bible, I think many, so many. And some people—look, an eye for an eye, you can almost say that. That’s not a particularly nice thing. But you know, if you look at what’s happening to our country, I mean, when you see what’s going on with our country, how people are taking advantage of us … we have to be firm and have to be very strong. And we can learn a lot from the Bible, that I can tell you.”
    His invocation of “an eye for an eye” alludes to Exodus 21:24. But Trump, who made a show of attending Presbyterian services once during the campaign, seemed unaware that, in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus repudiated this Old Testament verse, saying in one modern translation:
    But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
    You have heard that it was said, “Love your neighborand hate your enemy.” But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven … (Matthew 5:39–45)
    Sixteen pages of
Think Big
are devoted to revenge. All of them run directly contrary to this basic biblical teaching. Trump leaves no room for doubt that revenge is a guiding principle of his life—“My motto is: Always get even. When someone screws you, get them back in spades”—but that guiding principle stands in direct opposition to both Christian and Jewish theology.
    On another page of
Think Big
, Trump acknowledges that “this is not your typical advice, get even, but this is real-life advice.If you don’t get even, you are just a schmuck! I really mean it, too.” It will come as no surprise that Trump’s views on revenge were not limited to employees he considered disloyal, people he had done deals with, or even petty insults by an actress. In fact, in the year 2000, Trump turned his revenge on his own family.

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A SICKLY CHILD
    T woof Donald Trump’s mottos,