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One of the big criticisms of Trump from the left and Never Trumpers and other critics not in either category is that he is so brash and arrogant, full of himself, etc. People who say this (by the millions) find him extremely offensive and off-putting.<\/div>\n
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I have no problem conceding that these are undeniable aspects of his personality, though I think the degree of sinfulness involved is debatable and greatly exaggerated by these critics. It\u2019s not as if no other President or politicians has exhibited such traits: as if Trump is a singularly unique specimen.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But please join me in a thought-experiment for a moment, if you would. Think of the accusations and charges that Trump has had to endure on a daily basis for four years now. He\u2019s supposedly a white supremacist, an anti-Semite, one who hates all immigrants and Mexicans and Muslims and women; one who supposedly mocks disabled people, who cares nothing for the poor and downtrodden; a treasonous agent of the Russian government; one who even (so we have recently been told, in the latest whopper, with all anonymous sources) hates the military and disrespects the war dead.<\/div>\n
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As just one representative example of the typical rhetoric, look at what Catholic writer Mark Shea has written about Trump (all taken from his blog, with recorded dates) throughout the three years of the endless Mueller investigation (all of which \u2014 it was concluded \u2014 had no basis whatsoever<\/em>):<\/div>\n
\na guy who wants to invite Russian espionage against the US for the sake of personal power. (7-27-16)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\nWhen the Intel community is now treating him like a Russian mole, . . . it is reason to start talking about Treason. (2-13-17)<\/div>\n*<\/div>\nit was the President\u2019s job, up till 1\/20\/17, to protect the US from treasonous crooks like Trump. (3-4-17)<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\n\n[title] Traitor shares highly classified intel with Russia (5-16-17)<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nblabbed and bragged away extremely sensitive intel to Russian spies in an act so irresponsible that were he anybody but Donald Trump he would be instantly fired for incompetence or hanged for treason according to ex-intelligence officials. (5-18-17)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n*<\/div>\nI propose voting for the party that will impeach and remove the most dangerous man we have ever placed in the White House\u2013a party that, for all its faults, has not committed treason by handing intelligence to Russian spies in the very Oval Office, has not turned a blind eye to Russian meddling in our elections, and has not obstructed justice in investigating that. (2-23-18)<\/div>\n*<\/div>\nTrump stood right next to Putin and heard him confess with his own lips that he directed the Russian state to meddle in our elections. (7-18-18)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nShea seems to have shut up about Trump and Russia after July 2018: having finally regained his wits and realized (some folks are slow learners) what we all know now: that there was no collusion whatsoever between Trump and Russia. The Mueller investigation found exactly zero evidence of that. The crimes Manafort committed had absolutely nothing to do with collusion or Trump.<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nJust think of all the wasted energy and zeal that could have been channeled into something else like, I don\u2019t know, maybe apologetics<\/em>? And consider all of this misdirected hatred that could have been directed towards, um, Satan, the devil, rather than our President: whom Scripture invariably commands us to honor?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n*<\/div>\nWithout arguing<\/em> those points now (and I have at length), these things are all absolute lies and falsehoods. Now, for those who agree<\/em> \u2014 or at least partially agree \u2014 that they are falsehoods, think of what it would be<\/em> like on a personal level to endure this constant attack. Could a person without<\/em> a rather robust self-confidence be able to do so? I don\u2019t think so: not along with continuing to accomplish so many things, as he has. \u201cWalk a mile in a man\u2019s shoes . . .\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n*<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nOne could note that saints were persecuted and they endured it without succumbing to these character defects. That\u2019s true, but no one is claiming that Trump is a saint or that virtually any politicians come close to that exalted estate.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n*<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nI would say that at this point in time, he is the one who is in the forefront of the battle against radical destructive, anti-traditional, anti-Christian, childkilling secularism. Whatever his character, that\u2019s the position he is in, and millions of us who see the true nature of secularism support him for the sake of the cause for tradition.<\/div>\n*<\/div>\nDoes that, therefore,\u00a0 make him \u201cGod\u2019s man of the hour\u201d or one \u201cdivinely appointed\u201d? I don\u2019t think that necessarily follows at all; nor do I think we can easily proclaim someone to be that. It\u2019s known only to God. My own opinion is that it\u2019s much more likely that God in His providence uses President Trump to accomplish many of His purposes (such as the pro-life cause), just as He used Cyrus to rebuild the temple and even Nebuchadnezzar in some ways, and how He used the sinners Moses, David, Matthew, Peter, and Paul to advance His purposes.<\/div>\n*<\/div>\nCould another man or woman have withstood the overwhelming, horrific onslaught of deliberate lies and attacks that he has endured? It\u2019s hard to think of anyone who could. Envision, for example, a pious traditional Catholic like Sen. Rick Santorum in his position (had he won a presidential election). I think he would do much good in the office, but withstand all this<\/em> avalanche of personal attacks and sheer mockery? No; not likely. I suspect that it would be the same for a virtuous, pious Protestant like, say, Mike Huckabee. How about Mike Pence (good solid evangelical that he is)? Maybe. He may have learned how to do it by now, having stood alongside Trump, and maybe he will if he gets elected in 2024.<\/div>\n*<\/div>\nBut whoever could do it is mere speculation. We know that President Trump has<\/em><\/strong> withstood the attacks, and it is heroic and praiseworthy, whatever other real faults that man has (and he has many, as even his most avid supporters usually readily admit). President George W. Bush (whom I loved, and saw in person twice) was of this gentle nature, but we see what they did to him<\/em>. By the end of his second term his approval rating was in the low 30s and he was a laughingstock.<\/div>\n\n*<\/p>\n
That happened because of his deliberate decision not to fight back against the Democratic Lie Machine directed against him (as against all Republicans). So he kept his character intact, but he was utterly neutralized and neutered as an effective politician for pretty much his entire second term. Romney and McCain? Don\u2019t even get me started with those two. Neither possessed the temperament to fight the forces of secularism; they were so used to compromising and being wishy-washy, they couldn\u2019t imagine being champions for tradition: not against this sort of relentless, ruthless opposition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nRonald Reagan comes closest to the \u201chumble warrior\u201d or suchlike who stood strong and still got good things done. Do you think the accusations of senility and loss of cognitive ability are new with Biden? It was all done to Reagan in the 80s. But then I would say that he was in office from 32-40 years ago, and a generation of increasingly radical and vehement secularism has proceeded since his time. Reagan used to meet Speaker of the House and Democrat Tip O\u2019Neill for breakfast every week, for amiable discussion. They actually personally liked each other. Imagine Trump and Nancy Pelosi doing that<\/em>!! The polarization today is nearly complete and invulnerable.\u00a0Nor did Reagan succeed in much more than merely slowing<\/em> the progress of relentless secularization down a little.<\/div>\n*<\/div>\nSo the next time any orthodox Catholic (pro-life and in favor of moral and theological tradition) wants to trash and bash President Trump: particularly for his brashness, I humbly submit and suggest that perhaps they should also consider these<\/em> aspects a bit.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n***<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPhoto credit:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0gregroose<\/a>\u00a0(3-30-20)<\/span> [Pixabay<\/a> \/ Pixabay license<\/a>]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n***<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the big criticisms of Trump from the left and Never Trumpers and other critics not in either category is that he is so brash and arrogant, full of himself, etc. People who say this (by the millions) find him extremely offensive and off-putting. * I have no problem conceding that these are undeniable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":51403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[289],"tags":[5615,4196,1826,11611,5483,9321,12002,600,11993,3658,11996,11999,5807,3110,345,338,5606,11990],"class_list":["post-51397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-ethical-moral-issues","tag-defamation","tag-democrats","tag-donald-trump","tag-fake-news","tag-hatred","tag-hostility","tag-liberal-news-media","tag-liberals","tag-malice","tag-never-trumpers","tag-political-fights","tag-political-lies","tag-propaganda","tag-radical-secularism","tag-secularism","tag-slander","tag-trump","tag-trump-hatred"],"yoast_head":"\n
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Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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