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Raw Story: 'Fire the new pope': Internet laughs as Trump seems on collision course with new pontiff [View all]
Raw Story - 'Fire the new pope': Internet laughs as Trump seems on collision course with new pontiff
Matthew Chapman
May 8, 2025 3:19PM ET
With the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost, now known as Leo XIV, to the papacy, President Donald Trump — who quarreled to the end with the late Pope Francis — is unlikely to feel any improved goodwill to the Catholic leadership.
And many commenters on social media had fun with the idea.
Trump met the news of the pope's election Thursday with enthusiasm, proclaiming on Truth Social, "It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!"
He followed up by telling reporters at the White House, “It's such a great honor for our country, an American pope, and what greater honor can there be.”
However, he appeared unaware for the time being, or at least didn't acknowledge, that the new pope has repeatedly attacked his and Vice President JD Vance's policies.
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Matthew Chapman
May 8, 2025 3:19PM ET
With the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost, now known as Leo XIV, to the papacy, President Donald Trump — who quarreled to the end with the late Pope Francis — is unlikely to feel any improved goodwill to the Catholic leadership.
And many commenters on social media had fun with the idea.
Trump met the news of the pope's election Thursday with enthusiasm, proclaiming on Truth Social, "It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!"
He followed up by telling reporters at the White House, “It's such a great honor for our country, an American pope, and what greater honor can there be.”
However, he appeared unaware for the time being, or at least didn't acknowledge, that the new pope has repeatedly attacked his and Vice President JD Vance's policies.
/snip
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