Trump blasts Pope Leo as ‘weak,’ says
he prefers his ‘MAGA’ brother after
pontiff’s veiled jabs over Iran war, immigration
New York Post,
by
Caitlin McCormack
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Posted By: 4250Luis,
4/13/2026 4:24:46 AM
President Trump slammed Pope Leo XIV for being “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy” in a lengthy Truth Social post following the American pontiff’s veiled rebukes of the Iran war. “Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,” Trump wrote Sunday night. “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,” he continued.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 4/13/2026 5:03:00 AM (No. 2091945)
Pontificating, and correctly.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
5 handicap 4/13/2026 5:37:32 AM (No. 2091948)
Didn't The Christ warn about the church being involved in civic affairs? Mark 12:17, if I recall correctly...Someone should tell the Asshat Leo to read the bible a little more closely! I gotta wonder why the hell he doesn't bother about the hundreds of Thousands being killed in The Ukraine?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Highlander 4/13/2026 5:38:07 AM (No. 2091949)
The “Holy Father” is no different from all other political ideologues of leftist persuasion. He wears the vestments of grand religiosity but underneath, he is just a man like ourselves, a fair target of criticism.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
judy 4/13/2026 5:45:10 AM (No. 2091951)
The Bible says obey the laws of the land..in other words come in the front door legally not the back door...
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
mifla 4/13/2026 5:53:16 AM (No. 2091954)
Not a good optic. This is a religious leader of millions of your citizens, not the president of a country you disagree with. You can lay out your reasons, but lay off the insults.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Venturer 4/13/2026 6:30:18 AM (No. 2091961)
Is calling the man weak and terrible on foreign policy an insult.?
I don't know if the Pope is weak but I do know---or believe-- that he is wrong.
He is sticking his nose in places where it does not belong and his rhetoric is aiding Islam, a cult that is killing Catholics.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 4/13/2026 6:50:23 AM (No. 2091972)
I am catholic and I must say, it almost sickens me with the last two popes (Francis and Leo). Here we have savages killing over 32,000 people because they want freedom in Iran. Iran a country the funds and supports terrorism throughout the world. I am proud of President Trump with the steps he is taking to DESTROY Iran. This pope is very much like the last one. Pope Leo should be asking the leaders to help the christians in Nigeria. These poor souls are being viciously killed by muslims because they believe in God.
Here's a little advice for you Pope Leo, stay out of politics. You want to help the christians of this world, start by saving them from being murdered by muslims.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
rfr46 4/13/2026 7:03:25 AM (No. 2091984)
I agree with the substance of what the President says, but sometimes it is better to remain silent and let others comment publicly.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
JackBurton 4/13/2026 8:03:02 AM (No. 2092000)
What SHOULD the Pope have talked about?
Trump is working to avoid a nuclear war that would be started by people who said they wanted to start a nuclear war.
Whatever happened to 'Blessed are the peacemakers'?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
janjan 4/13/2026 8:09:19 AM (No. 2092003)
#5 and #8 - it is the Pope who should remain silent on foreign policy. He is not qualified and frankly a religious leader sitting on a throne in Italy should keep his mouth shut about subjects of which he knows little. I haven’t heard him mention the thousands of people who have died at the hands of Iranian leaders or what hell they could unleash with nuclear weapons. I question his priorities.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bpl40 4/13/2026 8:21:15 AM (No. 2092013)
He is no John Paul II. It's best His Holiness restricts himself to ecclesiastical matters.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
udanja99 4/13/2026 8:37:41 AM (No. 2092022)
As I used to frequently post about his predecessor…
Shut up and pray!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
synchronicity 4/13/2026 9:15:14 AM (No. 2092046)
Well we now know why he was voted Pope.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 4/13/2026 9:28:35 AM (No. 2092057)
The Catholics really need to butt out of politics in the US and focus more on Islam's genocides in Africa and elsewhere, instead of embracing Muslims as "brothers" (I guess they do share a predilection for pederasty and buggery).
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/13/2026 10:02:04 AM (No. 2092081)
The Catholic bishops were getting rich off taxpayer funding of illegal immigration, so there is a massive conflict. Leo is a Democrat. It don't matter what title they put on him.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 4/13/2026 10:52:14 AM (No. 2092103)
Go study your Scripture, pontiff.
Romans 13:4 - "For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer."
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
NessunDorma 4/13/2026 11:20:36 AM (No. 2092117)
This Pope is worse than the last one and I didn't think that would be possible. But, Mr. President, while it's fine to publicly disagree with the Pontiff, lay off the disparaging remarks and personal attacks. He is, after all, the head of the Roman Catholic church and we have a lot of American Catholics. And in particular, lay off depicting yourself as a Christ-like figure. It was not an attractive trait in Obama and it's not an attractive trait in you.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 4/13/2026 11:32:20 AM (No. 2092123)
Pope John Paul II this month died 21 years ago. While we're not Catholic, we admired greatly this pope for his love of Jesus and devotion to the bible.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
dbdiva 4/13/2026 11:51:09 AM (No. 2092127)
FTA: "During his historic Palm Sunday address, the pontiff plainly preached that God does not hear the prayers of disdainful world leaders with “hands full of blood” or those “who wage war.”
Firstly Leo....President Trump's hands are not full of blood. Secondly, there are other leaders throughout the world who waged war but we heard no "peep" or gnashing of teeth from you or any of your fellow Popes. So.....zip it.
I may be the only one who feels this way but I'm uncomfortable with the AI-generated where Mr. Trump is cast as Jesus. I wish he had not shared that. He's a great man for sure but not even close to being a messiah. The left is sure to pounce on that one.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
judy 4/13/2026 12:06:05 PM (No. 2092140)
Is he aware of ... up to possibly ...no one really knows the numbers...50 thousand Iranian people the Iranians slaughtered...their own people???
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Luandir 4/13/2026 1:08:05 PM (No. 2092169)
I feared that Francis would pack the College of Cardinals with lefties who would pick another pinko. It appears they did just that.
I would advise President Trump not to get into a PR battle with the Pope. And I would advise His Holiness not to take meetings with 0bama hack David Axelrod. Neither has a good look.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
dwillyc 4/13/2026 1:30:05 PM (No. 2092177)
52,250 Christian killed by Islamist militants since 2009 in Nigeria is apparently not a concern of Pope Leo.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
griddog1 4/13/2026 8:06:57 PM (No. 2092279)
The Bible says " Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well." The Pope needs to read his Bible.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Amoeba 4/13/2026 8:41:40 PM (No. 2092285)
catholic clergy is from the tribe of Easu or Edom....total enemies of Israel. They are closer to islam that they realize.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 4/13/2026 9:12:54 PM (No. 2092291)
On further reflection of what Pope Leo said about President Trump, it angers me that this pope and the last one, were more worried about offending the Muslims and their Koran than sticking up for Christians and Jesus. As previous posters have said, this pope could care less about Christians being slaughtered in Africa and other places than President Trump trying to save the U.S. and Europe from an nuclear bomb attack.
It looks like we're in the book of Revelation where the Anti-Christ and the false prophet of his is being revealed. Get prayed up folks, scripture says these last days will be difficult and hard to bear.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
MickTurn 4/13/2026 9:54:50 PM (No. 2092303)
LEO.....Loser Eating Oysters, SO Popie, When are you going to CLEAN UP YOUR HOUSE'S Corruption?
Aren't there thousands of PEDO Priests you need to PURGE? What about your Leftist Views. I remember something about a Millstone and tying it around the necks of people not true to the Faith you Swore to Uphold!
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
5 handicap 4/14/2026 5:48:26 AM (No. 2092344)
The current Pope, who could really use God's blessing, bashed Trump but somehow failed to mention the FOURTY-FIVE THOUSAND Persians who were murdered and or Raped as a result of their protesting the present Iranian Leadership! What an ASS! Leo most assuredly has no credibility nor ability and should still be in a Chicago slum proselyting to the people! He'd probably screw that up as well!
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/14/2026 6:52:30 AM (No. 2092374)
The modern Catholic Church seems to be in love with the idea of mass immigration and have supported millions of third world people with their movement across the world. I agree with the idea of people with money helping the poor and downtrodden voluntarily but the forced theft of money from others to aid the lazy and the criminals is absolutely wrong.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Kate318 4/14/2026 9:47:55 AM (No. 2092468)
57% of Catholics voted for President Trump in the last election. David Axlerod meets with Pope Leo immediately before the pope calls out the president, by name and suggests Congress impeach him. Within a couple of days, three liberation theology bishops appear on 60 minutes to bash Trump, with one of them specifically saying that he “hates Trump.” You do the math. The Chicago machine is alive and well.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
JimBob 4/14/2026 10:43:11 AM (No. 2092524)
As far as I am concerned, the Bureaucrats of the organization that hid hundreds of Pedophiles that were (and others that still are?) in their midst is in no position to claim the 'moral high ground' and preach what evil sinners the rest of us are. This Pope, like the last one, is working for the wrong side. This tells me that the problem is with the group that selected them. Earlier posters have noted some of the other evil actions by these Bureaucrats, working to destroy America through aiding -and profiting handsomely from- Illegal Immigration, ignoring the slaughter of Christians by Islamists, ignoring the Iranian government murdering 40,000 of their own people, ignoring the Iranian government's longtime effort to wipe out Israel AND the USA. I was raised in the Catholic church and I am a Christian, but I will not support this corrupt bureaucracy.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/14/2026 4:29:04 PM (No. 2092648)
Our President had a perfect right to respond to Leo's ritifism. The notion that heshoruld keep quiet akes ,me sick.
Leo should stay in his own lane or expect rebuttal.
Hasn't he installed a Muslim prayer room in the Vatican? If so he's the man who iis off trhe rails.
Much mincing about. But yes. Not before but now. So...
https://www.ewtnnews.com/vatican/fact-check-did-the-vatican-library-open-a-prayer-room-for-muslims
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
FormerDem 4/14/2026 5:02:06 PM (No. 2092652)
The Pope is outside his lane. he is entitled like anybody else on Earth to have an opinion about Iran but he does not have extra expertise about facts on the ground. He is producing theories and they either (a) are nonsense - God does not listen to people at war, baloney; or (b) they are implicitly referring to the facts he misnderstands., As for God not listening to warriors or whatever he said, I refer to St Louis, St. Ferdinand, St. John of Capistrano who led a fightback in Belgrade at one stage in his life, and the story of St. Blaise (died approx 400 a.d.) appearing in a dream to the city father of Dubrovnik to tell them Turkey was about to land. They jumped out of bed and saved the city. Those are off the top of my head. Besides which there is no one God does not listen to. Somewhere in the back of his head the Holy Father may have a legit principle but it has not appeared. The Holy Father is not in charge of the decisions he is trying to make. On the other hand, I would not partcularly want PDJT weighing in with coercive force on controversies about the Trinity as Constantine's family used to do. Pope Leo is not well informed and is filling up the gap between his role and the role he wants to play, bt inventing a communication strategy for the Most High. Just stop ti. You go, PDJT. Cheer yourself by recalling Ss. Louis and Ferdinand.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
LadyHen 4/14/2026 7:00:37 PM (No. 2092675)
I calls like I sees it.
The pope's job is shepherd his flock, teach the gospel of Christ and promote peace not cheer on war.
The president's job is to protect the US, her people, and her Constitution from all her enemies not issue late night blather on social media and constantly resort to childish school yard insults.
Neither man stuck to their job in this tempest in a teapot.
The pope needs to stick to shepherding his flock, especially those Christians in Nigeria, Iran, Israel and Palestine, and Lebanon who are presently under mortal threat, and stay out of politics.
The president needs to let his lower down the food chain surrogates take on this stuff and not sully his position by publicly insulting a major leader of a world religion on social media (/sigh). So tacky, classless, and unbefitting his office.
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