text: I hope President Trump’s bluster will convince our allies to take the United States and its interests seriously. I hope that countries like Iran and North Korea will crumble in the face of the power of the United States and its new President and I hope that their people are helped. I hope the power President Trump has harnessed will be used to confront the social infrastructure issues we face, like poverty, racism, abortion, and other matters which we as Catholics believe are intrinsic evils. I hope that the jobs the President has promised to bring back do come back. I hope that deficits get reduced; I hope that taxes are used to help the less fortunate; I hope that my Bishops and Cardinals face head on the anti-life initiatives that this President puts forth. . President Trump works for me, not the other way around, and all these political hacks work for me too, as a taxpayer. As their employer, I demand action, not words. I hope that my hopes are realized; sadly, I remain unconvinced