Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump on Saturday endorsed the display of the Ten Commandments in schools while speaking at a conference of religious conservatives, raising concerns among progressives of a rising tide of Christian nationalism.

Trump made the comments as keynote speaker at a Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., after Louisiana adopted a law this week that requires the display of the Ten Commandments in all public classrooms.

“Has anyone read the ‘Thou shalt not steal’?” he said. “They think it’s such a bad thing. I mean, has anybody read this incredible stuff? It’s just incredible,” Trump said. “They don’t want it to go up. It’s a crazy world.”

Trump: Who likes The Ten Commandments going up in schools? Has anybody read the thou shalt not steal? I mean has anybody read this incredible stuff? pic.twitter.com/o7HFNymLfX

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, signed the bill into law on Wednesday — the first state to enact such a law in recent memory.

The law requires primary, secondary, and postsecondary classrooms to display the commandments in “large, easily readable font” by the start of 2025.........

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