Donald Trump has committed yet another glaring sin against the Catholic Church, throwing a nasty, bitter social media meltdown after learning that the pontiff hosted a high-profile political opponent at the Vatican.
The president, who will celebrate his 80th birthday in a few days, completely lost his cool online after a highly publicized Vatican meeting between Pope Leo XIV and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
Rather than respecting holy diplomatic protocol, Trump launched a scathing, late-night Truth Social post that took a sledgehammer to both the Holy Father and the Democratic mayor.
Trump’s hissy fit erupted after the windy city Mayor Johnson led a 46-member delegation to Rome for an official visit. The politician had a lengthy face-to-face with the Chicago-born pontiff and gifted him various items from his hometown.
Enraged and jealous of the warm reception, Trump fired off a furious public statement mocking the meeting and questioning the Pope’s judgment.
“Someone should explain to the Pope that the Mayor of Chicago is useless, and that Iran cannot have a Nuclear Weapon!” Trump claimed online via his social media platform.
Toxic History Exposed: The Bitter Transatlantic Warfare Intensifies
This latest tantrump is part of a deeply bitter, ongoing feud between the rage-baiting American leader and the Vatican. Last month, Trump sparked massive global backlash from the Christian right after launching a series of unprovoked rhetorical attacks against the baseball-loving pope over the Church’s opposition to mass deportations and military actions in Venezuela and Iran.
During that initial outburst, Trump went shamelessly scorched-earth, trying to claim that the leader of the Catholic Church was politically motivated and radically out of touch with real-world dangers.
“I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon,” Trump argued heavily during his initial social media rampage. “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.”
The aging politician did not stop there, taking vicious personal swipes at the pontiff’s historic election to lead the Vatican, suggesting it was entirely a publicity stunt to counter his own political rise.
“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,” Trump claimed to his millions of followers. “If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican.”
Double-downing on his ugly rhetoric, Trump later spoke directly with reporters at Joint Base Andrews, showing zero remorse for the unprecedented religious insults and firmly stating his intense dislike for the global faith leader.
“I’m not a big fan of Pope Leo,” Trump stated bluntly to the media. “He’s a very liberal person, and he’s a man that doesn’t believe in stopping crime. He’s a man that doesn’t think that we should be toying with a country that wants a nuclear weapon so they can blow up the world.”
Mike Johnson Steps In: Political Allies Defend The Hostile Rhetoric
Following the escalating public warfare, House Speaker Mike Johnson stepped up to defend the administration’s hostile stance, siding with the administration against the pope’s message of peace and arguing that the politician’s aggressive views are justified by top-secret intelligence.
Addressing reporters on Capitol Hill, the evangelical Speaker claimed he was personally offended by the Vatican’s recent theological statements regarding international conflicts.
“I was taken a little bit aback just honestly frankly,” Mike Johnson stated to reporters regarding the pope’s anti-war sermons. “It is a very well-settled matter of Christian theology: there’s something called the Just War doctrine. There’s a time to every purpose under heaven.”
The Speaker continued to shield Trump’s ruthless behavior, arguing that religious leaders should expect fierce political blowback if they dare to voice opinions on global warfare.
“A pontiff or any religious leader can say anything they want, but obviously if you weigh into political waters, I think you should expect some political response,” Johnson claimed firmly. “And I think the Pope’s received some of that.”
Vice President JD Vance also took a swipe at the pope, then apologized.
The more Donald Trump spews unhinged, late-night rage at the Vatican, the more a defiant Pope Leo XIV doubles down on his global message of peace, preaching that “blessed are the peacemakers” and firmly declaring, “I’m not afraid of the Trump administration.”
The two mwn are unlikely to change their views.
