Pope Leo Responds To President Trump: “I Have No Fear Of The Trump Administration”

Pope Leo XIV has responded to President Trump.

On Sunday evening, President Trump called out Pope Leo for being weak on crime and on Iran.

The Pope has responded to Trump’s statement by saying he has no fear of the Trump administration.

CNN provided full quotes of the Pope’s remarks:

Pope Leo XIV on Monday strongly pushed back against criticism from US President Donald Trump, defending his position of seeking peace and rejecting violence amid the Iran war.

“I have no fear of the Trump administration or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do, what the church is here to do,” the pontiff told reporters aboard his plane where he was starting a 10-day trip to the African continent.

“We are not politicians, we don’t deal with foreign policy with the same perspective (as) he might understand it,” he continued. “But I do believe in the message of the Gospel, as a peacemaker.”

The comments came after Trump tore into the pope on Sunday evening, denouncing his stance on the Iran warand saying he’s “terrible for foreign policy.”

Watch the Pope here:

Pope Leo said he has “no fear of the Trump administration” after being asked about Donald Trump’s Truth Social post calling him “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy.” pic.twitter.com/mIk6BHxe3I

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Read President Trump’s comments on Truth Social that garnered Leo’s response:

Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. He talks about “fear” of the Trump Administration, but doesn’t mention the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian Organizations, had during COVID when they were arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else, for holding Church Services, even when going outside, and being ten and even twenty feet apart.

I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA. He gets it, and Leo doesn’t! I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a Country that was sending massive amounts of Drugs into the United States and, even worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers, drug dealers, and killers, into our Country. And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History.

Leo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise. He wasn’t on any list to be Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump.

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If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican. Unfortunately, Leo’s Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons, does not sit well with me, nor does the fact that he meets with Obama Sympathizers like David Axelrod, a LOSER from the Left, who is one of those who wanted churchgoers and clerics to be arrested. Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician. It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Later, Trump would release a photo depicting himself as a Jesus-like figure or a pope.

Read about it here:

President Trump Receives Backlash After Posting Photo Of Himself As Jesus-Like Figure, Here’s The FULL Context

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