We think that Donald Trump is a complete nonsense, a destroyer of the system that provided some security of respect for human rights for a specific population that now sees itself in danger. An arrogant man protected not only by multi-millionaires but also by the military power and other forces in relation to the United States. A democratic system that is more formal than real has placed him on that presidential pedestal from which he walks destroying much in his path, seemingly arbitrarily, but perhaps according to a predetermined design, where the weakest fall and those already well-positioned improve. Trump is a modern barbaric leader who constantly causes suffering and senseless pain to those who can't defend themselves. He has made it his priority to eliminate illegal immigrants in his country, where some have gone as a last resort for survival.

In the face of such overwhelming force, appropriate responses from society are to be expected, and we hope that they will be stronger in the United States itself, following the example of Mariann Edgar Budde, an Episcopalian bishop, who bravely, before Trump himself, in the religious service held on January 21, 2025, at the Washington National Cathedral, had the courage to offer those present a sermon in which she asked President Donald Trump for compassion for vulnerable groups, including the LGBTQ+ community, undocumented immigrants and refugees, and urged him to show mercy to those who live in fear because of his recent policies. Her words troubled the all-powerful president, but the bishop's response was none other than to demand her right to be able to speak from her religious and moral perspective.

The recent Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the Bishops of the United States (10-2-2025) was also exemplary, where he admits that he is closely following "the serious crisis that is taking place in the United States due to the beginning of a program of mass deportations" and "shows his disapproval of any provision that identifies, tacitly or explicitly, the illegal situation of some immigrants with criminality". The reasons why most of them left their countries to seek a dignified future in the United States must be taken into account, says the Pope. The deportations place them in a state of particular vulnerability and defenselessness.

The Pope applauds the bishops of the United States, "when they work closely with migrants and refugees, proclaiming Jesus Christ and promoting fundamental human rights. He urges them to "protect and defend those who are considered less valuable, less important or less human". Addressing all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, he exhorts them "not to give in to opinions that discriminate and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant and refugee brothers". He invites everyone to "build bridges that bring us ever closer and avoid walls of indignity".

While we join Pope Francis and all those who reject the aforementioned "Trumpist" policies, we want to emphasize that similar inhumane proclamations are being made by some politicians here in Spain: we reject them just as strongly.

We are obliged to remember Gaza, where it is estimated that there were 64,260 direct deaths by June 2024, and 335,500 indirect deaths by the end of that year, as Israel's response to the Hamas attack, which we obviously condemn, but the Israeli government's response must be assessed as disproportionate and immoral. Everyone knows that this would not have been possible without the support of the United States, then under the Biden administration. The role of the European Union, which is mainly conservative, also deserves our criticism.

Everything we have analyzed makes us think about the neoliberal ideology that supports the events described, about the wild capitalism that seems to be returning, about a certain racial or social supremacism that, of course, cannot have a place in a free, equal and solidary society.