Republican senator criticizes Trump’s ‘holy war’ with Pope Leo | US politics
A Republican lawmaker claims Donald Trump’s appeal to Pope Benedict XIV. He condemned what he called his “holy war” against Leo.
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, a longtime supporter of Trump and the ultraconservative Maga movement, condemned the president’s attacks on the pope in a Fox News interview on saturday.
“I love the president like a taco,” Kennedy said, using a strange turn of phrase. He added: “I don’t always agree with him, but I think he wants a better world. But I don’t agree with him about this new holy war with the pope.” The senator’s criticism and choice of words may not be well-received, considering Trump’s critics use the word “taco” as an abbreviation for “Trump is always afraid.”
Kennedy is a Methodist, not a Catholic; He emphasized this point in the interview; perhaps to distinguish himself from Democrat John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic president. The Republican senator and his wife founded local church branches. based on to the government biography.
Kennedy added that he has “great respect for Catholicism” and suggested that the pope should “have his own opinion.” “Why do we want to fight with the pope?” Kennedy continued. “It’s a distraction. And the press is sucking it up like the Hoover Deluxe [vacuum cleaner].”
Kennedy’s latest interview comes as Trump and the pope are locked in a days-long fight over the US-Israeli war against Iran.
Leo answered the following question two weeks ago: Trump’s threat If Iran does not end its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, in Trump’s words, “an entire civilization will die,” he said.really unacceptable“, noted that “Attacks against civilian infrastructure are against international law” and urged Americans to contact members of Congress to call for peace.
In a post on Truth Social last Sunday, Trump in the name Pope Leo “POOR on Crime and terrible on Foreign Policy.”
Trump added: “I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s okay for Iran to have nuclear weapons.” The Pope actually opposed what did he call “The deep horror created by nuclear weapons”.
The president has repeatedly praised Pope Leo XIV’s oldest brother, Louis Prevost, who lives in Florida and is an avid supporter of Trump.
Last week, Trump also posted an AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus Christ; even some of the president’s Christian supporters condemned it as blasphemy.
In his upcoming book about his recent conversion to Catholicism, J.D. Vance defended Trump despite the anger of Christian voters. “Deal with what’s going on in the Catholic church,” the vice president told Fox News when asked if he agreed with Trump’s attacks on the pope. “And let the president of the United States continue to dictate American public policy,” Vance added.
Leo told reporters on Saturday that he had no intention of arguing back and forth with Trump, but noted that he had done so. “no fear” Trump administration.
