Trump lambasts Pope Leo XIV
Politics
“Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and horrible for International Coverage,” the president wrote on social media.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump attacked Pope Leo XIV on social media on Sunday, saying the primary American pope ought to “cease catering to the Radical Left.”
It was a unprecedented broadside towards the worldwide chief of the Catholic Church, exacerbating a feud that started over the warfare in Iran.
“Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and horrible for International Coverage,” the president wrote on social media.
Quickly afterward, he spoke to reporters at Joint Base Andrews, the place he landed on Air Drive One.
“I don’t assume he’s doing an excellent job,” Trump stated, including that “I’m not a fan of Pope Leo.”
Trump’s submit adopted Leo having denounced over the weekend the “delusion of omnipotence” that’s fueling the U.S.-Israel warfare in Iran and demanded political leaders cease and negotiate peace.
Leo presided over a night prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica on the identical day america and Iran started face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan throughout a fragile ceasefire.
The U.S.-born pope didn’t point out america or Trump by identify in his prayer. However Leo’s tone and message appeared directed at Trump and U.S. officers, who’ve boasted of U.S. navy superiority and justified the warfare in spiritual phrases.
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