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News & Current Events Apr 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM

Trump lambasts Pope Leo XIV, extending feud over Iran war with first American pontiff

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Pope Leo says he does not fear Trump, citing Gospel as he pushes back in feud over Iran war
AP News
Pope Leo says he does not fear Trump, citing Gospel as he pushes back in feud over Iran war
Pope Leo XIV has responded to President Donald Trump's criticism over the U.S.-Israel war in Iran, saying the Vatican's peace appeals are rooted in the Gospel.

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blastofffox 11 hr ago +1856
When everything around you starts to look like a problem maybe you the problem.
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Underfyre 11 hr ago +292
You not toxic, they toxic.
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Martha_Fockers 11 hr ago +61
Girls be like yas bihhhh slay Until a dude with utmost political power and dementia does it ONLY THAN IS IT A PROBLEM /s
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____DEADPOOL_______ 8 hr ago +50
My malignant narcissist of an ex-wife was like this. Holy smokes, was she a tornado of problems. Anyone who ran into her, she would have some sort of feud with. Just problems upon problems. She was always in fight mode. It was exhausting to hear her talking about the enemies she had made at work or the petty arguments she had won. Once she was done telling me all that, attention would go towards fighting me for whatever idiotic reason she could find. There is no logic with them. Things will not make sense and they are never guilty of anything. Everything is someone else's fault. Edit: I'll add that her best friend would do anything she would say. One day the friend told her she wanted to do something else and that challenged her in a weird way which resulted in an argument to the point that they stopped talking to each other for a while. It's really my way or the high way. Interestingly, if someone she argued with would somehow bend the knee to her, despite having insulted her in the past, she could easily switch to having that person be their friend. As long as you complied with what she wanted, she would be happy and that was it. Zero compromise.
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StretcherFetcher911 6 hr ago +13
Ah yes, borderline personality disorder. Fun stuff.
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____DEADPOOL_______ 6 hr ago +17
She keeps touting the release of a book about her life. Can't wait to be the only person who buys it to see what insane shit and lies she wrote about me lol. Luckily, I remarried to an angel of a woman who always smiles when she sees me. She just dropped off the kids at camp and we're about to GET IT OOOOWWWWN.
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somnambulantcat 5 hr ago +4
i know someone like that. the blame shifting and mental gymnastics come so easily and naturally its scary. Yet they can turn it off long enough and hide it well enough, to con someone into a loving/caring relationship before they turn on them.
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sloppybuttmustard 10 hr ago +98
If you run into an a****** at breakfast, you ran into an a******. If you run into assholes all day, you’re the a******.
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Secure-Village-1768 7 hr ago +7
You could have bad luck and run into a string of assholes.
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The_Redacted_Badger 6 hr ago +5
Or just have the misfortune of being an a****** magnet
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JoannaCuppa 9 hr ago +8
And if you have been raised in a Cult? Are you still the a******?
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Malnurtured_Snay 9 hr ago +9
Same rules apply. But if you are the a******, and you can get out of the cult, you may be able to redeem yourself
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FragrantExcitement 9 hr ago +12
Like the church of England maybe break with Rome and create the church of Trump?
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lostroadrunner22 9 hr ago +9
When everyone in the room is an a******, it’s you
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AdFlaky9983 9 hr ago +5
Tell that to the conservative sublistnook.
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Cynical_Classicist 8 hr ago +4
Like the analogy of the man claiming that everyone else on the road is driving the wrong way.
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Born_ina_snowbank 11 hr ago +17
I knew it, I’m surrounded by assholes.
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FIContractor 8 hr ago +3
It’s been like this his whole life. I don’t think he’s going to suddenly get it.
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Villag3Idiot 11 hr ago +730
Three more years of this... 
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Playful_Leg7143 11 hr ago +235
It will be a long three years. I hope the Democrats can make a comeback during the midterms
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resin85 9 hr ago +140
I want the Democrats to copy what Magyar (who just defeated Orban in Hungary) said --- **"never again a country without consequences!"**
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Silent-Act191 6 hr ago +75
If i hear the next Democratic candidate say "We need to heal as a country and come together" I'm writing off the US.
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SYLOH 5 hr ago +1
Don't hold your breath, the Liberals have been trying to heal the divide since the end of the Civil War and don't ever seem to learn no matter how often the exact same thing happens.
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HaximusPrime 11 hr ago +61
Who are they even putting up? I fear they are going to try to cakewalk through it again.
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FaceDeer 5 hr ago +4
The other day Kamala Harris was saying she'd like to take another crack at it.
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windingsand 4 hr ago +1
Wake up joe biden and make him do another term
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4RCH43ON 8 hr ago +9
I hear you, but I hope they turn over the current leadership and dump their useless asses in the toilet in primaries, electing more progressive candidates who have proven they can win without  being a part of the machine that’s resulted in stagnation and controlled opposition by the right.
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Martha_Fockers 11 hr ago +35
2028 November. Less than 3 all together in general even with inauguration.
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TyrconnellFL 11 hr ago +59
A lame duck Trump will be scary with what damage he decides to do on the way out. Someone has better start reinforcing now that he doesn’t need to worry about legacy. His mark on American and world history is already indelible.
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Ikrit122 11 hr ago +27
We already saw a glimpse of the damage he can do in Jan 6. And if he genuinely feels threatened by a Democratic administration following him, then he will absolutely do everything he can to protect himself.
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mageta621 10 hr ago +13
Hopefully he's a ded duck by then
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two_to_toot 11 hr ago +58
Do you really believe he and MAGA will be gone in 3 years? I'm not American but I'd be pleasantly surprised if that was the case.
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lunes_azul 11 hr ago +24
Trump will be gone, yes. MAGA? That’s gonna be the tricky bit.
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two_to_toot 11 hr ago +36
This is why I'm not convinced. 1. He's a convicted felon who's shown to have no respect for the law (I don't understand how a felon can be President). 2. He's a alleged child molester. Desperate people do desperate things to avoid consequences.
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Vyzantinist 10 hr ago +23
>(I don't understand how a felon can be President). I've wondered this before. Apparently there's nothing stopping convicted criminals from running, and becoming, POTUS to prevent candidates from being convicted on trumped up charges to effectively negate the will of the people and automatically disbar them from an election. The only one that counts is a treason conviction from the 14th amendment. It's one of those gentleman's agreement things that has revealed something should have been codified. The understanding was supposed to have been that a candidate who was a convicted felon would be so odious to the people they'd never have much support. Yet here we are...
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Legio-X 10 hr ago +21
>I don't understand how a felon can be President Because there’s nothing in the Constitution that says a felon can’t be President, and barring felons from office would incentivize weaponizing the justice system against your enemies. It’s the duty of voters to vet candidates, and they pretty clearly failed in that regard.
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unfnknblvbl 8 hr ago +9
The whole damn *system* failed. Delays in charges being laid, political interference in said charges, delays in trials, delay delay delay oh no how could he possibly have become president?
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Villag3Idiot 11 hr ago +11
The thing about MAGA is that it's a cult of personality. It might well implode after Trump dies since they joined because of Trump and there's no clear successor. 
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TheVideogaming101 11 hr ago +22
its really this, MAGA knows the Trump brand is what keeps them in power. They'll just try and setup another Trump to take his place.
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gimmethemshoes11 11 hr ago +13
Yes, he is MAGA, dies with him, nobody else can carry the mantle as has been proven. (Thankfully) They will slowly lose traction and be a left to history like the whig party.
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Kaffe-Mumriken 11 hr ago +21
Pray to St. Hemmoraghius
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Chessh2036 11 hr ago +15
God I hope not
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homiej420 11 hr ago +7
Hopefully his health fails him
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Insectshelf3 11 hr ago +4
hopefully god does us a favor before then
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TylerBourbon 11 hr ago +183
>“Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,” the president wrote on social media. >“He’s a very liberal person,” Trump said of Leo, before adding, “I’m not a fan of Pope Leo.” I may not be religious, but I have read the bible and been to my fair share of Sunday School classes. Enough to know that someone saying a religious leader of a Christian church that says they follow the teachings of Christ is "weak" on crime does not understand a single thing Jesus Christ said or did.
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ladyperfect1 10 hr ago +96
Jesus: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they—“ Trump: “BOO! WEAK on crime and terrible for Foreign Policy.”
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svbtlx3m 7 hr ago +18
That Jesus guy didn't even advocate for a nuclear holocaust, total lightweigth!
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VagrantShadow 5 hr ago +3
maga cultists: "Jesus is too woke, trump is the true jesus, he is the true son of god."
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SufficientMediaPost 8 hr ago +23
Trump is illiterate and has never read the bible. The biggest irony of this is the Bible's warning about worshipping false idols
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ksck135 5 hr ago +4
The sad thing is none of his religious followers tell him to f*** off. To them he's basically God 
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jupiterkansas 8 hr ago +6
Jesus was everything Trump isn't.
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Little-Chemical5006 11 hr ago +1735
Fake Christian hate the real deal
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ConfederacyOfDunces_ 11 hr ago +997
Is there any line he could cross that his supporters would actually care about? Attacking the Pope? If Biden or Obama had done that, they would’ve been impeached within 24 hours. Trump is a f****** monster
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banditta82 11 hr ago +486
His die hard Christian supporters are mostly evangelicals who generally do not like Catholics. If anything this will help him with them. Now if he outright attacked Jesus then he would actually lose them.
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completeturnaround 11 hr ago +316
I don't think he likes heroes who get crucified. He prefers people who weren't crucified. I am sure his followers will be willing to go along.
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VancityRenaults 11 hr ago +124
He could shoot Jesus in the middle of 5th Ave and he wouldn’t lose any voters
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Canadian-Man-infj 10 hr ago +50
When you're president, they let you grab them by the religion.
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ImOutWanderingAround 9 hr ago +12
If they succeed in getting Jesus to come back a second time, they will just deport him.
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TylerBourbon 11 hr ago +63
Evangelicals don't like anyone that isn't an Evangelical or a variation on Evangelical. Catholics, Lutherans, Mormons, etc, Evangelicals are absolutely the ones who would happily join with Christian Nationalists to force their version of Christianity down everyones throats.
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Pepsi_Popcorn_n_Dots 10 hr ago +29
No joke: It seems like a lot of Evangelicals are trying to distance themselves from "woke" Jesus to instead focus on the Old Testament which is full of foundational texts they can mine to fuel their hate
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inquisitorautry 9 hr ago +15
Just the parts of the Old Testament they agree with.
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InterestingElk2912 9 hr ago +13
True. You rarely hear anyone bitching about mixed fabrics, etc.
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GarbageCG 11 hr ago +47
Evangelicals are Christian nationalists
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ThrowTron 10 hr ago +23
The KKK went after Catholics back in the day. Conservative Catholics have largely forgotten that little nugget. Many Evangelicals don't believe Catholics are real Christians.
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jscummy 11 hr ago +23
Honestly doubt it at this point. As long as he veiled it a little bit as "woke liberal" versions of Jesus they'd be fine with it. Plenty of them already hate the idea of loving your neighbor or helping the poor and needy.
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Neat-Slip4520 11 hr ago +32
Can confirm. I was raised evangelical and believed Catholics were utter heathens in a dark cult. Again, talking to his base of white supremacists and evangelicals.
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judgingyouquietly 10 hr ago +29
The…dark cult that predated Protestantism and therefore evangelicalism? How did your church square that circle?
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Neat-Slip4520 9 hr ago +22
There was no squaring of circles, friend. These were proudly uneducated “hillbillies” concerned more with the “End Times” narrative than anything else. Chills me to the bone how my parents were able to stomach raising me in this cesspool of ideology.
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lucasd11 10 hr ago +7
His supporters are the worst combination of delusional, brainwashed, and unintelligent. If Trump said Jesus started the Iran war, they'd turn on him too
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Apprehensive_Sea9524 10 hr ago +4
"Christian supporters" are more like "Christian Taliban".
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Greizen_bregen 10 hr ago +3
Historically, the religious people were pretty okay with the crucifixion of Jesus.
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LoopyMcGoopin 9 hr ago +6
He praised Allah on Easter morning. They don't care.
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Affectionate-Day-359 11 hr ago +44
They’d cheer him on if he nuked the Vatican and claimed he was pwning the libs… half of the maga faithful would Goebbels themselves and family instead of ceding they were wrong and supported the baddie
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HaximusPrime 11 hr ago +13
I watched Nuremberg recently. The part where Goring was basically going to get away with it until he had to choose between maintaining his loyalty to (now known to be deceased) Hitler or being executed was….very timely. All he had to do was say hitler was wrong, but he refused. We are living it.
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homer_lives 11 hr ago +17
This is correct. 10 years is a long time to admit you had been conned. They rather die on the Hill with Trump than admit they made a mistake.
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kristospherein 11 hr ago +10
And an American pope to top it off....
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I-Kneel-Before-None 10 hr ago +11
Evangelicals don't see Catholics as Christians unless it suits them. They're no better than Jews or Muslims in their bigoted eyes.
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-TheExtraMile- 8 hr ago +6
Just checked the conservative sub and they are veeeery quiet in the few threads about this. I wonder why...
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Rejnavick 10 hr ago +3
I wouldn't be surprised if trump and America make their own "Pope" based in America. I'm assuming the holy city will either be Washington DC or Mar a Lago.
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Several-Opposite-746 11 hr ago +76
When you hear "Christianity" being referred to in America, realize it is a religion that is unique to America.
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Sorry-Ad-5288 10 hr ago +8
I thought they call themselves Christian Nationalists.
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Serbian-American 11 hr ago +28
A large portion of America has created a Christian heresy completely antithetical to the original which was created by proto-socialists who were systemically oppressed by a foreign empire in the Middle East….
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BetSquare7190 11 hr ago +323
Time for Trump to nominate an Antipope. It was a popular trick with Kings dissatisfied with the Pope. He could nominate Peter Thiel. Would be a comical timeline.
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TK421missingfrompost 11 hr ago +85
Anti christ nominates anti pope for an anti god
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aluke000 10 hr ago +23
They can have a FIFA Pope
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dwninswamp 10 hr ago +13
China did this with the Dalai Lama
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TheGreatDomilies 11 hr ago +63
Marco Rubio: “I’m tired, boss.”
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GoneSilent 10 hr ago +16
Rubio is too wet for Cuba.
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imaginary_num6er 11 hr ago +12
Trump will declare an "AntiTrump" first
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duc1990 10 hr ago +6
Don't be silly. The minimum I'd expect from the clergy is that they be literate. Where would they find that?
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bonyponyride 11 hr ago +5
I think you mean the FIFA Pope.
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sthlmsoul 10 hr ago +3
Knowing Trump, he'll probably change the name of Mar-a-Lago to Avignon and start calling himself Pope.
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Zulmoka531 11 hr ago +232
>”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 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," Trump added. "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 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!" Copy pasting yet another fucked up quote Edit: Ok, it’s f****** worse. He just posted an AI image of himself as Jesus on his truth social AND the official White House page.
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osumatthew 11 hr ago +121
As usual, Trump is absolute batshit insane and deranged.
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IGotSoulBut 8 hr ago +14
“Will no one rid me of the meddlesome Priest” Trump, paraphrased, April 12th, 2026.
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canuck47 11 hr ago +28
Lies, lies, and more lies
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ZappyZane 10 hr ago +18
I can't tell if this is satire or real anymore... Mission Accomplished?
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Capable_Kiwi2514 9 hr ago +14
Don't focus on being a politician? The Vatican engaging in international diplomacy is sort of a 1500 year-old tradition.
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shoule79 9 hr ago +11
I had to read the article, no way that was an actual quote. And yet it is.
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Muted_Award_6748 11 hr ago +26
No mention of Tariffs on the Vatican??? A bit odd innit?
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Zulmoka531 11 hr ago +22
“1500% tariff on communion and wine! Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Or some shit.
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NoConfusion9490 7 hr ago +5
When will we finally get a Pope that's tough on crime?!
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Positronic_Matrix 7 hr ago +3
The Pope needs to excommunicate Trump and label him an antichrist (an in against the teaching of Christ).
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DazDaSpazz 5 hr ago +3
> He just posted an AI image of himself as Jesus And the person he's healing looks suspiciously like Epstein. You can't make good shit up.
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Frodojj 11 hr ago +335
Trump calling the Pope weak on crime makes no sense! It’s like calling a librarian weak on crime. That’s not their job. What an idiot, though that’s expected of our Commodus.
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raspberryharbour 11 hr ago +125
Someone stole my bike last week, and where was the Pope to stop them???
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Turkish27 10 hr ago +25
*drops mic* Checkmate, Catholics.
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PapaBorq 8 hr ago +3
It's funny because it's literally every conservatives way of arguing. It's straight outta Goebbels.
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Da_Spooky_Ghost 10 hr ago +69
Jesus was weak on crime, he just forgave everyone, gave them free food and wine and told them to make better life choices. Damn hippie socialist.
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BostonSucksatHockey 10 hr ago +24
"The Pope's God is very weak on crime. I don't like weak gods. I'm much tougher on crime. I guess you could call me God."
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Turkish27 10 hr ago +6
It would not surprise me one bit if he tweeted this. Er… *truth’d* it?
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fullonfacepalmist 10 hr ago +14
Pope Leo XIV: Weak on crime, but tough on sin!
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SquiffyRae 10 hr ago +8
Didn't know the Vatican State had a crime epidemic
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EmergencyCucumber905 9 hr ago +12
Vatican City actually has the highest crime rate of any country in the world due to millions of visitors and a tiny population.
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_jump_yossarian 9 hr ago +6
I bet trump has pardoned more felons than Pope Leo.
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MercilessOcelot 8 hr ago +4
Wait till someone tells him Jesus died for the sins of all, not just a chosen few.
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526mb 11 hr ago +133
Oh boy JD, which of your two religion you gonna pick? Catholicism or Trumpism?
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Competitive_Film_650 10 hr ago +70
If he was really Catholic (he isn't), then it would be sacrilegious and grave offense to God to side with Trump.
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romosmaman 9 hr ago +15
He re add on only became catholic six years ago. His wife was never catholic. He could easily change his mind and say he is episcopal or baptist now because the pope is woke
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MaxPower91575 9 hr ago +17
The pope should excommunicate him right before his book about becoming a catholic is released.
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daniu 7 hr ago +3
That just opens an opportunity for a sequel
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ChicagoAuPair 7 hr ago +5
That man doesn’t hold any beliefs.
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rk1213 8 hr ago +3
He has a third one - rapism
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howardzen12 10 hr ago +73
20 million Catholics voted for this evil man.Disgusting.
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sloppybuttmustard 10 hr ago +11
Hope they learned their f****** lesson
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JohnEKaye 10 hr ago +36
I bet they didn’t! My catholic dad, former alter boy, thinks the Pope is too woke now too.
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masklinn 8 hr ago +7
Not surprising. The American church is extremely conservative and openly hates “liberal” popes. There were very real fears of a schism under Francis. And they didn’t exactly love John Paul either.
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SpencerAXbot 9 hr ago +10
Unfortunately not. My catholic mom is now saying the Vatican has gone “too idealistic” and “too liberal”.
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straight_lurkin 11 hr ago +33
Just another example that MAGA is a cult of brainwashed ignorant gullible people. Fake Christians and fake Catholics pretending to be holier than thou when it suits them then cheering the bombing of children or looking the other way after a school shooting when their morality or humanity seem to leave them.
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fartpotatoes23 10 hr ago +30
The only people more delusional than Trump are the Republican voters who think they are Christians.
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red_sky33 11 hr ago +63
"Let's go to Vice President and purported Catholic JD Vance for comment" JD: 🦗 🦗 🦗
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Definitelynotasloth 11 hr ago +34
There’s no such thing as a MAGA Christian. Just a person that squeezed their religion into a Trump-sized box.
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steve_ample 11 hr ago +98
Gorbachev had the brains to not lambast JP2. Then again, Gorbachev had a brain. And didn't have dementia. And was a practical guy. And was capable of doing the right thing. And he'll have more Nobel peace prizes.
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Oultra 10 hr ago +18
And wasn't trying to cover evidence of sexually assaulting minors, unlike this orange, dementia ridden piece of shit.
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Natoochtoniket 11 hr ago +43
So, when will Trump declare war on the Vatican? The Vatican only has the Swiss Guard, so any sizeable modern military force would win that contest very quickly. But I expect the Vatican would have a few allies, including virtually every other country. I can see the Saturday Night Live skit, already.
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This_was_hard_to_do 10 hr ago +14
The US attempting to kidnap the pope is a hell of a movie idea but it’s wild that I can’t say 100% for certain that the thought didn’t cross Trump’s mind
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Capable_Kiwi2514 9 hr ago +5
It's in the middle of Rome. Italy would probably consider it an attack.  
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Anxious-Slip-4701 9 hr ago +3
The Vatican has Gendarmerie. The Pope has Swiss Guard.
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Julian81295 11 hr ago +21
Maybe Trump should ask in Poland if it is that advantageous to lash out against a popular pope from your own country.
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Sweatytubesock 11 hr ago +23
Why doesn’t Trump just make himself Pope? Like everything else with the pos, who’s going to stop him?
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NotAtAllExciting 11 hr ago +14
Didn’t he post an AI photo of that previously?
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dunkindonato 10 hr ago +14
He did. During the conclave last year.
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TheGreatDomilies 11 hr ago +6
Other people have tried that in the past, and all of them failed. Anyway, I don’t think they make papal garments in his size.
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RetireWithRyan 10 hr ago +18
The good lord sent us a Chicago man to end a Florida man.
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BlakeDragon 10 hr ago +17
I'm not Catholic but loved what the Pope said about Leaders..... God rejects prayers of those whose hands are full of blood.
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DareDareCaro 11 hr ago +17
Didn’t think the antichrist will be a big fat idiot.
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paperboy82 10 hr ago +14
Trump is no Christian, hell, he’s only identifying as republican because he was rejected by the democrats, and knew he couldn’t win as independent. Republicans love to label others as sheep, when they are the real sheep; fooled by a moron that’s still smarter than them, because he knows he just needs to be a fascist bigot to get their vote. Edit: spelling.
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Electroflare5555 10 hr ago +10
A few hundred years ago an attack like that directly against the Pope would result in your realm being placed under interdict
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_jump_yossarian 9 hr ago +11
Remember, we can't elect women because they are just too emotional.
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BillyShears2015 11 hr ago +7
Can someone get this man a stool softener so he has less “phone time”?
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xpda 11 hr ago +9
Next week's headline: Trump lambasts God, calls him a low-IQ loser.
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belabase7789 10 hr ago +7
Im just waiting for international media to brand Trump the anti-christ.
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AssaultMonkey150 11 hr ago +8
“Don’t kill innocent children. Promote peace” WHAT A COMMIE B******
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lordtyp0 10 hr ago +5
The Pope should just reply to every barb with "I forgive your transgressions"... Might give him an aneurysm
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KinkyQuesadilla 10 hr ago +9
Trump is putting so much more energy into attacking the Pope than he is trying to reduce inflation that it is comical.
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4RCH43ON 8 hr ago +7
This f****** guy is such an egomaniacal loser, and he enjoys being an a****** far too much.
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Cynical_Classicist 8 hr ago +7
If anything, this makes the Pope more popular.
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Amijiw 11 hr ago +50
mmm ... this must be really hard for US catholics to square ...
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Pseudo-Jonathan 11 hr ago +74
Catholics have had a lot of friction with Trump for a long time. It's the Protestant evangelical Christians who love Trump.
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MexicanEssay 10 hr ago +10
The hardline anti abortion Catholics tended to like him
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osumatthew 11 hr ago +92
Not for me at least. Trump's policies and behavior have always been antithetical to authentic Catholic teaching. Pope Leo had every right to call him out on his evil behavior.
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_bieber_hole_69 11 hr ago +24
95% of Conservatives will never hear about this story.
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Anustart15 11 hr ago +22
He has [under 50% approval with catholics](https://www.ncregister.com/cna/poll-catholic-support-for-president-donald-trump-drops-below-50-amid-iran-war), so probably not all that more difficult than any other faction of trump supporters that are being forced to constantly contradict themselves in their support of him
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pepperino132 11 hr ago +8
That's American Catholics specifically, for clarity
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Amonamission 11 hr ago +16
I grew up Catholic. Trump’s a false Christian and doesn’t speak for any Christian. He’s just an a******.
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Numerous-Ad6460 11 hr ago +23
Not really? Real Catholics didn't vote for him.
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razor21792 11 hr ago +6
Not really. American Catholics are usually split pretty evenly between Republicans and Democrats. Trump saw big gains with Catholics in 2024, but he made gains across pretty much every category, so that's not surprising.
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TonySu 11 hr ago +3
Look on one hand Trump is the living embodiment of the Seven Deadly Sins, but on the other hand he is also hurting a lot of immigrants and poor people. He’s also the only one willing to defend the second commandment right to own guns, as Jesus (non-Hispanic) Christ intended.
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ConstableGrey 10 hr ago +3
Let me guess, Vance will have no comment on Trump attacking the leader of his religion...
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AusToddles 11 hr ago +9
As long as Trump keeps up the illusion that he's anti-abortion, they'll keep voting for him
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ILoveTheAtomicBomb 10 hr ago +6
Waiting for religious MAGA to explain to me how this is just “bait” and some “5d chess move” The stupidity of these inbred trash creatures never ceases to amaze me. They’ll *always* find a way to suck the d*** of this orange rapist
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rlaw1234qq 8 hr ago +6
“The Pope is weak on crime” Trump demonstrates his stupidity on an hourly basis
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ProjectNo4090 8 hr ago +6
The Pope should excommunicate the whole Trump administration.
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FuckDeanSpanos 10 hr ago +11
Quiet piggy
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Flangepacket 11 hr ago +11
Fighting with the f****** Pope 🤦‍♂️
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culallen 10 hr ago +4
Somebody forgot to turn his TV off after the Masters and he accidentally watched 60 Minutes tonight.
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TheGreatDomilies 9 hr ago +6
I think I just figured out why Trump dislikes the Holy Father. ‘Da Pope’ was born in Chicago, and guess which other famous person that Trump dislikes is strongly associated with Chicago? Mr Obama himself. Edit: both Pope Leo and Obama are fans of the White Sox lmao
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luisa65-L 9 hr ago +6
A sitting US President actively beefing with the first American Pope reads like the plot of a completely unhinged HBO drama.
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Better_Cauliflower63 9 hr ago +4
It sounds like a satire... like something *The Onion* would write. No? Not a satire?!!! I stand corrected, it came from AP News. This is for real. God help us.
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Vegetable-King7626 9 hr ago +5
Seems like something the anti-christ would do
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psyduckhunt 10 hr ago +9
Did everyone also see the post immediately after this where he depicted himself as Jesus? It's the most blasphemous, sacrilegious thing that I've ever seen. My Trump supporting mother in law is currently in tears about it apparently.
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SensitiveWeekend7930 8 hr ago +5
The past decade has completely unmasked the staggering scale of human idiocy.
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dbandit1 7 hr ago +4
How is his next post portraying him as Jesus not the headline??? Guy is the antichrist.
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Presently_Absent 9 hr ago +5
I mean... If starting a feud with the pope - after all the unspeakably evil shit he has done - doesn't make people think "perhaps he's the Antichrist"... what will?!
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dakotanorth8 10 hr ago +8
Imagine b*tching endlessly about not getting a Peace Prize and then attacking the Pope.
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Appropriate-Day6714 11 hr ago +3
Anytime he talks about the pope all that plays in my head is Dragon Age ‘Now we threaten priests, what fun!’
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Koenigss15 11 hr ago +3
Does he want the trifecta of being the Pope, Iran's Supreme Leader and Leader of the Free World? I think the thought probably crosses his addled brain.
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dunkindonato 11 hr ago +4
During the conclave last year, Trump actually posted an AI generated picture of him as Pope. His followers waved that off as him making a joke, but I wouldn't put it past his dementia-addled brain.
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LosinCash 11 hr ago +3
When will Trump threaten him, that's the real question. I give it about a week.
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imanchats 10 hr ago +3
So MAGA is at war with Islam and Christianity?
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bradbull 10 hr ago +3
I'm not going to be saying anything new by addressing this madness but what I do want to say is that it shocks and saddens me that true American patriots haven't gone after the media companies which helped facilitate this situation they (USA) are in.. well.. that we're all in I guess.. by spewing lies to the most mentally vulnerable. I'm assuming they think these companies/stations are 'too big' to hurt and their studios/offices aren't flammable or something. Maybe they're just not angry enough yet. Kumbayahs aren't seeming very effective is all I'm saying. These companies just keep rolling on by knowingly lying for and promoting a government which is murdering Americans (and others overseas), stealing from Americans and lying to Americans. I do wonder if they'll get angry enough if this traitorous regime does manage to suppress its citizens most important and powerful right, to vote. Maybe then some of the hundreds of millions of Americans will fight for their country. If it doesn't risk their comfortable situations in any way. If there's nothing good on TV that day. I'll take your "what are YOU doing about it?" comments below.
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Badgerman97 10 hr ago +3
Moron, there are 1.4 billion Catholics in the world. Why should he give two shits about why you were or were not elected in one country out of hundreds?
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Negafox 10 hr ago +3
“Praise to be Allah” - President Trump on Easter, the first president to decline taking the oath on a Bible during inauguration in over 60 years.. *twice* (Meanwhile you have MAGA acting like this guy is the second coming of Christ)
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dhaliman 9 hr ago +3
Doesn’t Trump understand that he’s the problem?
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Venat14 8 hr ago +4
No, he's a malignant narcissist. It's literally impossible for him to ever believe he's the problem.
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macross1984 9 hr ago +3
Trump just love create more problems of his own making. Past US presidents would have just shrugged if they were criticized but Trump has very thin skin easily annoyed and angered if it doesn't jive with his idea of MAGA.
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iCowboy 9 hr ago +3
Reminder, that somehow he got 55% of the Catholic vote in 2024 when he was running against a devout Catholic.
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Venat14 8 hr ago +5
To clarify, Kamala is a Baptist. Biden is a Catholic. So Trump was running against a Baptist Christian while blaming all the country's problems on a devout Catholic. And he still got 60% of the Christian vote, including 80% of Evangelicals and more than half of Catholics.
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InsanelyAverageFella 8 hr ago +3
Picking a fight with the pope. I'm disgusted but not even surprised at this point.
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MommersHeart 7 hr ago +5
Pope: Calls for peace and says war is bad. Trump: Says he’s the reason the Pope was chosen and posts an image of himself as Jesus Christ. Evangelicals: The Pope is the Antichrist.
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