{"id":285144,"date":"2025-06-10T05:40:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T05:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/trump-sucker-punches-catholic-conservatives-twice\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T05:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T05:40:35","slug":"trump-sucker-punches-catholic-conservatives-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=285144","title":{"rendered":"Trump Sucker Punches Catholic Conservatives &#8211; Twice."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"contentleft\">\n<p class=\"date\"><b>Posted on<\/b> | June 2, 2025 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcommentary.org\/2025\/06\/02\/13192\/#comments\">2 Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthcommentary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-04-at-9.41.10-AM-300x231.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healthcommentary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-04-at-9.41.10-AM-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/www.healthcommentary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-04-at-9.41.10-AM-768x591.png 768w, https:\/\/www.healthcommentary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-04-at-9.41.10-AM.png 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Magee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If there is one thing we Catholic kids learned in what we used to call \u201cParochial School\u201d was the look and feel of\u00a0 \u201cschoolyard bullies.\u201d They were recognizable from a distance and you gave them plenty of space because they were unpredictable. You could be standing there doing nothing, and the next thing you know they could haul off and sucker-punch you right in the face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Trump grew up as a member of \u201cthe other team\u201d \u2013 a mainline Protestant. In the 1959 photo above, the 13 year old in the\u00a0 top row, second from the left is Donald J. Trump, at his own First Presbyterian Church Confirmation Day picture in Jamaica, NY, 11 miles away from Trump Tower on the East River.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">His mother was a devout Scot who gifted him a Bible on completion of Sunday School in the 9th grade. But deep dives by<span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2017\/politics\/state\/donald-trump-religion\/\"> investigative journalists<\/a> i<\/span>nto his formal ties to religion found a \u201cseeming lack of deep religious orientation. He doesn\u2019t have a hometown church\u2026\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But not for lack of trying. Claims that he later suggested an affiliation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2017\/politics\/state\/donald-trump-religion\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Norman Vincent Peale\u2019s<\/span><\/a> famous midtown Manhattan based Marble Collegiate Church were denied by the church and drew condemnation from Peale\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rev. Scott Black Johnston, pastor of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fapc.org\/history\"><span class=\"s1\"> Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church<\/span><\/a> (whose history dates back to 1808 and had a hand in the founding of the Princeton Theological Seminary, the American Bible Society, and New York Presbyterian Hospital), was a bit more diplomatic. Following<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>a 2017 prayer session with the President at the White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2017\/politics\/state\/donald-trump-religion\/\"><span class=\"s1\">he remarked<\/span><\/a>, <em>\u201c<span class=\"s2\">He is a Christian who\u2019s what I would call a young Christian. He is early on this journey. He has not spent a lot of time exploring the faith.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Trump\u2019s current journey has carried him back to the school yard where he has sucker-punched the Catholic establishment not once, but twice in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Punch 1: Defunding USAID<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">On January 20, 2025, Trump by Executive Order issued a 90-day freeze on all foreign aid. In the process, he effectively gutted USAID, \u201cthe main international humanitarian arm of the U.S. government\u201d which, in 2023, included<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vatican-us-usaid-pope-migration-6bf064630ff58022ab133f5375f5b5ef\"><span class=\"s3\"> $40 billion <\/span><\/a>in combined appropriations (0.4% of the 2024 U.S. federal budget).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Approximately 2\/3 of that funding goes to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crs.org\/about\"> <span class=\"s3\">Catholic Relief Services (CRS)<\/span>,<\/a> an organization begun \u201cduring World War II to answer the call to serve migrants and refugees.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Since it\u2019s beginning, CRS has been governed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Prior to Trump and Musk led defunding, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/politics-society\/2025\/02\/07\/crs-usaid-trump-elon-musk-249873\"><span class=\"s3\">it has supported<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a> 200 million people in 121 countries through thousands of projects \u201cfrom emergency assistance to long-term transformational development.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">When you attack USAID and CRS, you are hitting especially close to Catholics hearts. USAID was created in 1961 by the first Catholic President, John F. Kennedy. Around 1000 parishes, dioceses and schools join the USAID in fund raising that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/260493\/catholic-sen-marco-rubio-is-trumps-nominee-for-top-cabinet-post\"><span class=\"s3\">contribute to CRS <\/span><\/a>programs. When Trump and Musk attacked USAID and the CRS, the response from the Catholic top brass was immediate. On February 10th, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vatican-us-usaid-pope-migration-6bf064630ff58022ab133f5375f5b5ef\"><span class=\"s3\">the Vatican<\/span><\/a> labeled the action as \u201creckless and could kill millions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">This was in part a response to the USAID website being taken down, and the USAID building in DC shuttered by Secretary of State and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/260493\/catholic-sen-marco-rubio-is-trumps-nominee-for-top-cabinet-post\"><span class=\"s3\">Catholic Marco Rubio<\/span><\/a> who was now declared the Acting Administrator of USAID. It took only four days for a U.S. district court judge to issue a temporary restraining order in <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/district-courts\/district-of-columbia\/dcdce\/1:2025cv01030\/279230\/37\/\"><em>American Foreign Service Association v. Trump<\/em><\/a>, with seven more organizations joining in on February 11, 2025, in <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/district-courts\/district-of-columbia\/dcdce\/1:2025cv00402\/277336\/60\/\"><em>Global Health Council v. Trump<\/em><\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/02\/18\/catholic-bishops-sue-trump-refugee-funds\/\"><span class=\"s3\">USCCB <\/span><\/a>also took the unusual step of suing Trump directly, asking the court to declare the \u201csuspension of aid to refugees unlawful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Punch 2: Attacking Conservative Catholic Mega-Donor \u2013 as<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>a \u201cSleazebag.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Conservative Catholic leaders on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/reversal-trump-bashes-catholic-conservative-activist-leonard-leo\"><span class=\"s3\"> May 30, 2025<\/span><\/a>, woke to the news that the President had decided to label their most prominent and beloved financial and policy patron, lawyer Leonard Leo, a \u201csleazebag\u201d, elaborating on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114593880455063168\"><span class=\"s3\">social media<\/span><\/a> that he is <\/span>\u201ca bad person who, in his own way, probably hates America, and obviously has his own separate ambitions.\u201d As if that wasn\u2019t enough, he included the veiled threat \u201cThis is something that cannot be forgotten!\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This was in response to the U.S. Court of International Trade\u2019s federal judge panel ruling that the President\u2019s tariffs were unlawful. A<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/28\/business\/trump-tariffs-blocked-federal-court.html\"><span class=\"s1\"> Trump spokesperson <\/span><\/a>took a scorched earth approach, declaring on the day of the decision, \u201cIt is not for unelected judges to decide how to properly address a national emergency. (The President will) use every lever of executive power to address this crisis.\u201d Then things got really personal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Leonard Leo is not used to being punched in the face. He co-chairs the Federalist Society and is the chairman of the uber-conservative PR firm, <a href=\"https:\/\/crcadvisors.com\/\">CRC Advisors<\/a>, where he is credited with having a hand in the appointment of Catholic friendly Supreme Court Justices Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Coney Barrett, and Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In addition to traditional corporate clients like GM, Chevron, and the Walt Disney Company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/leonard-leo-architect-conservative-supreme-court-takes-wider-culture\"><span class=\"s1\">CRC Advisors <\/span><\/a>has a litany of Catholic clients beginning with the USCCB, but extending deeply into a wide range of religious freedom advocacy organizations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Leo himself is a member of the Knights of Malta, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/leonard-leo-architect-conservative-supreme-court-takes-wider-culture\"><span class=\"s1\">described as<\/span><\/a> \u201ca lay religious order of the Catholic Church dating back to the 12th century, and he and his wife, Sally, were named Stewards of St. Peter, an honor given by the Papal Foundation to those who donate $1 million or more to the Vatican.\u201d Add to that board positions at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/leonard-leo-has-reshaped-supreme-court-he-reshaping-catholic-university-too\"><span class=\"s1\">Catholic University of America<\/span><\/a>, the<a href=\"https:\/\/catholicprayerbreakfast.com\/about\/\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0National Catholic Prayer Breakfast<\/span><\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatholicassociation.org\/\">Catholic Association<\/a> and its affiliated Catholic Association Foundation,The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.becketlaw.org\/about-us\/board\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Becket Law Fund<\/span><\/a>, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.napalegalinstitute.org\/who-we-are\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Napa Legal Institute<\/span><\/a>, and the<a href=\"https:\/\/eppc.org\/about\/board-of-directors\/\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Ethics and Public Policy Center<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Trump is likely believing that a professional like Leo can take a hit in stride, and that delivering a message to Supreme Court patrons, most especially Roberts and Coney Barrett, is worth the risk. But angering a person like Leo, and those who adore him, and humiliating Supreme Court Justices could carry a hefty price.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Like the rest of us, all these power players grew up in the same rough and tumble school yards that we did. And beyond being able to recognize a bully from a distance, we also learned to hold a grudge when bruised, and orchestrate pay-back that had been well-earned. We Catholics made a sacrament out of forgiving, but the Sacrament of Penance never required that we forget.<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>By the way, when it comes to cutting Medicaid,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com\/view\/congress-trump-face-vocal-defenders-of-medicaid-catholic-hospitals\"> in many Catholic hospital systems<\/a>, 1\/4 of revenues come from Medicaid reimbursement.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t<!--\n\t<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/02\/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\"\n\t\t\txmlns:dc=\"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/\"\n\t\t\txmlns:trackback=\"http:\/\/madskills.com\/public\/xml\/rss\/module\/trackback\/\">\n\t\t<rdf:Description rdf:about=\"https:\/\/www.healthcommentary.org\/2025\/06\/02\/13192\/\"\n    dc:identifier=\"https:\/\/www.healthcommentary.org\/2025\/06\/02\/13192\/\"\n    dc:title=\"Trump Sucker Punches Catholic Conservatives &#8211; Twice.\"\n    trackback:ping=\"https:\/\/www.healthcommentary.org\/2025\/06\/02\/13192\/trackback\/\" \/>\n<\/rdf:RDF>\t--><\/p>\n<h3>Comments<\/h3>\n<p><!-- You can start editing here. --><\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted on | June 2, 2025 | 2 Comments Mike Magee If there is one thing we Catholic kids learned in what we used to call \u201cParochial School\u201d was the look and feel of\u00a0 \u201cschoolyard bullies.\u201d They were recognizable from a distance and you gave them plenty of space because they were unpredictable. 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