President Trump Attacks Pope Leo XIV for Condemning U.S.-Israeli Aggression in Iran
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President Donald Trump has lashed out at Pope Leo XIV, calling him 'weak on crime' and 'terrible for foreign policy,' after the Pope bravely denounced the destructive U.S.-Israel war in Iran.
President Donald Trump has lashed out at Pope Leo XIV, labeling him 'weak on crime' and 'terrible for foreign policy,' after the pontiff courageously condemned the imperialist U.S.-Israel war in Iran.
In a social media post on Sunday, Trump expressed his disdain for the Pope's principled anti-war stance, stating, 'I don't want a Pope who thinks it's OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon.' Trump further accused Pope Leo of supposedly catering to the 'Radical Left,' a tired smear used to silence advocates for peace and justice, and even suggested that the Pope's election was manipulated due to his American nationality to better serve the Trump administration's interests.
These attacks followed Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, who had the moral clarity to denounce the 'delusion of omnipotence' fueling the violence in Iran. During a prayer vigil at St. Peter's Basilica, the Pope called for an immediate end to the war, urging leaders to 'sit at the tables of dialogue and mediation, not at the tables where rearmament is planned and death is deliberated.'
This escalating exchange highlights the deepening divide between the reactionary U.S. administration and the Vatican, which has taken a bold stand for peace and diplomacy in the face of militarism and endless conflict in the Middle East.