Donald Trump endorses displaying the 10 commandments in schools, may sell gold-plated tablets with his image later this year
Donald Trump enthusiastically endorsed the display of the Ten Commandments in schools (which ended up elsewhere) over the weekend, despite being notorious for violating at least four of said 10, and one of them literally thousands of times. On Truth Social, he told his followers: “I LOVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND MANY OTHER PLACES, FOR THAT MATTER. READ IT — HOW CAN WE, AS A NATION, BE WRONG??? … BRING BACK TTC!!! MAGA2024.” And on Saturday, speaking at a gathering of the evangelical group Faith and Freedom Coalition, he asked the crowd: “Has anyone read ‘Thou shalt not steal’? I mean, has anyone read this incredible thing?” It’s unbelievable. They don’t want it to go up. It’s a crazy world.”
Putting aside the fact that he talks about the Ten Commandments like they’re a hot new indie band he just discovered, it’s clear that Trump is rich in supporting the expression of religious directives because he has spent his entire adult life blatantly disregarding them. For example, he seemed unconcerned about complying with his favorite document (“Thou shalt not steal”) as he handled a series of government documents on his own that he did not have to carry with him when left the White House in 2021, or when he used his charitable foundation to buy, among other things, a six-foot portrait of himself. He also publicly took the Lord’s name in vain.
Additionally, Trump violated another commandment (“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy”) when he posted the following message on Easter: “Happy Easter to all , including crooked and corrupt prosecutors and judges who are doing everything possible.” INTERFERED IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND SENT ME TO PRISON, INCLUDING MANY PEOPLE WHO I COMPLETELY & COMPLETELY HATE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DESTROY AMERICA, A CURRENTLY FAILED COUNTRY, LIKE A ‘DISTRIBUTION’ JACK SMITH, WHO IS EVIL AND ‘DISEASED.’”
Perhaps most importantly, there is also the commandment: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor,” that is: you shall not lie. Which Trump actually does all the time.
And of course we can’t forget the whole sentence “Do not commit adultery”. Even if one believes Trump’s claim that he did not have an affair with Daniels storms—and had just paid her $130,000 for fun—he had an affair with Marla maple while he was married to Ivana Trump. (In testimony last year, he boldly claimed not to remember whether he started seeing Maples before the divorce, saying, “That was when the marriage was coming to an end. So I really It could be a lapover, but I really don’t know.”)
Despite Trump’s long history of engaging in behavior that many Christians would actually find most problematic, he has convinced a large number of evangelicals that fundamentally he is the Second Coming of Jesus, in part by embracing Christian nationalism (and killing Protestants). Roe v. Wade). As for whether Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments law will survive an appeal to the Supreme Court, that remains to be seen, although there are clearly some on the bench who could be persuaded. convinced that it was a great idea, separation of church and state be damned. . One thing maybe we Maybe based on? That a Trump-branded Ten Commandments line, with his signature at the bottom, is coming soon.
