US President Donald Trump has criticised Pope Leo XIV, describing him as weak on crime and bad on foreign policy. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: “Pope Leo is weak in dealing with crime and terrible on foreign policy.” He added that ‘Leo should get his act together as Pope,’ and later told reporters he is “not a big fan” of the pontiff. “I’m not a big fan of Pope Leo. He’s a very liberal person, and he’s a man that doesn’t believe in stopping crime,” Trump said, adding that the pope was “toying with a country that wants a nuclear weapon.” Earlier, Pope Leo had openly criticised the US-Israeli war on Iran, which began on 28 February. The […]
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