Letter: Trump is hardly the Christian he keeps pretending to be
In his Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery, President Donald Trump said he brought America soccer's World Cup tournament, the Olympic Games, and the Army's 250th-year celebration in his second term. He then said that God made it happen.
I believe God gives us free will and that it was Trump who ordered a parade of weapons in our nation's capital. On his birthday. The president using God's name to honor himself is indeed blasphemy.
So is Trump a Christian as he claims? True Christians adhere to the teachings of Jesus Christ, including forgiveness, repentance, compassion for the poor and marginalized, integrity and sincerity and love of enemies.
But Trump focuses his administration on retribution, refuses to admit when he is wrong, cuts nutrition and health benefit programs, tells lies by the thousands and savages anyone who disagrees with him.
Though Trump does not exhibit Christian values, he courts those who follow Jesus for their political support and donations. Some Christians may support Trump because he claims to protect the unborn, a reversal of the position he held before entering politics. Such Christians should not turn a blind eye to the living children who will go hungry without federal aid to food banks and government nutrition assistance. And across the globe millions of children will suffer from cuts to foreign aid.
See Trump for who he really is.
Sam Morris
Exeter Township
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