Trump has attacked Pope Leo XIV on social media, saying the first American pope should “stop catering to the Radical Left.”
And a short time later, speaking to reporters after Air Force One landed outside Washington from Florida, Trump saidL “We don’t like a Pope who says it’s OK to have a nuclear weapon.”
“I don’t think he’s doing a very good job,” Trump said, adding: “I’m not a fan of Pope Leo.”
Trump’s comments followed Leo denouncing the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fueling the US-Israel war in Iran and demanding political leaders stop and negotiate peace.
The US-born pope didn’t mention the United States or Trump by name in his prayer. But Leo’s tone and message appeared directed at Trump and US officials, who have boasted of US military superiority and justified the war in religious terms.
