text: I have wondered HOW our hierarchy, "white Catholics/Christians" and these wealthy/positioned could back a Trump - as a "human", let alone national leader. My ancient studies in (Catholic) social ethics and life as a Catholic finally kicked-in. 
  The Catholic Church holds democracy in disdain, even a threat. As a 50's univ. student the preference for "enlightened despotism" as a form of gov. was a given. So, a "trump" as leader of a democracy is simply a demonstration of its perniciousness, his demagoguery an added bonus. Support for key institutional issues - abortion, homophob. and misog. warrant reciprocal pandering and "overlook" rather than "oversight" of vices, lie, self-serving abuse of all kinds.
  "Republican" and "Democrat" are mostly mislabeling and muddying the water and oil. It is really right-wing Christian types and everybody else.
  "The ordinary Catholic is a simple person. It is the role of the bishops to protect...from the power of the intellectuals" (Ratzinger on Kung).