Trump refuses to apologise to Pope Leo as war of words explodes | World | News
Yesterday (April 12) Mr Trump claimed the Pope was “weak on crime and terrible on foreign policy” in a speech posted on social media. His full message was: “I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s okay for Iran to have Nuclear Weapons. I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America is attacking Venezuela, a country that is sending massive amounts of Drugs to the US and worse, dumping its prisons into our Country, including murderers, drug dealers, and murderers.”
“And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected to do, in a landslide… Leo should act as Pope, use his Common Sense, stop serving the Radical Left, and focus on being the Great Pope, not the Politician.”
In what appeared to be an unplanned update at the White House today, Mr Trump refused to apologize to the Pope. He said that Leo XIV was “very weak on crime and other matters” and added that he had “nothing to apologize for”. [the Pope] wrong”.
The pope stepped into the political arena at a prayer ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday, urging world leaders to stop and calling for peace.
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