President Trump’s actions so far in 2026 have been head-spinning, but we can get clarity by checking them against some of the oldest and best instructions out there: the Ten Commandments.
“Thou shalt not covet … anything of thy neighbor.” Trump says he attacked Venezuela to take its oil, and then he pushed its opposition leader to give him her Nobel Peace Prize. And then there’s Greenland!
“Thou shalt not kill.” Trump’s poorly trained, poorly controlled ICE force stalks America’s neighborhoods, and this month one of them appeared to execute a U.S. citizen in her car. It might have been unfair to blame Trump for this, except that he and his administration immediately defended the officer and seemingly lied about the video evidence. Oops — there goes “Thou shalt not bear false witness.”
“Thou shalt not commit adultery” — and worse — must be a huge problem, because Trump and his friends are still holding back the Epstein files.
On Jan. 8, Trump told reporters he could make war on his own — without regard for international law or the Constitution — guided only by his “own morality.” Unfortunately, Trump’s so-called morality is exactly the problem. Only God’s authority is absolute.
Diana Parno
Squirrel Hill