The Budget Shows That Trump Hasn’t Gotten Religion from His Holy Pilgramage
Trump’s first official foreign tour of States and summits started with visits to the most holy cities that he can visit, Riyadh for Muslims, Jerusalem for Jewish and Christianity, and the Vatican, for Catholics. In Jerusalem Trump visited the wailing wall, the side of the Jewish temple. He also visited the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, where Christ was buried. Next Trump goes to Bethlehem, where he will visit the Church of the Nativity, where Christ was born. Finally, he will go to the Vatican and St. Peter’s. I am not focusing on which current leaders he will meet there, but on the religious and Biblical importance of his pilgrimage. My hope is that Trump would find God, or Religion, or their best attitudes of empathy and caring.
In startling contrast, Trump left a budget behind, which is to be revealed in detail tomorrow. What we know so far is anything but empathetic and caring. The overall budget will be cut by $1.7 trillion over ten years. Presumably that will go to his “greatest tax cut ever”, which will relieve the super rich of their unbearable burdens. The cuts will still be mainly funded by cuts of $800 billion to Medicaid over ten years. People on Medicaid will be expected to work, if possible. This is only the first of the assaults on rights that people consider humane in developed countries of the world.
The next cuts are to the food programs, such as the SNAP food stamp program. The cuts would be $193 billion over 10 years, or 30% of the program. The program serves 42 million people. I’ll bet on this trip, Trump and his family are being treated to the best food the world has ever produced, anywhere, and over all time.
Well, Trump still has the Church of the Nativity, and St. Peter’s to go. And hopefully the Pope has more effect on Trump this time, since they crossed on the wall last time. Or, maybe Trump will just come home stealing the design of the Vatican Wall.
