Catholic JD Vance weighs in after Trump removes Truth Social publish with picture showing to point out himself as Jesus | EUROtoday

Vice President JD Vance mentioned {that a} now-deleted publish shared by President Donald Trump, through which the commander-in-chief seems to be dressed as Jesus, was a “joke.” ​

Trump shared the extensively condemned image, which reveals him clothed in white robes and inserting a glowing hand on a sick affected person, shortly after blasting Pope Leo XIV on Truth Social.

In a prolonged publish, the president claimed that the pope was “WEAK” on crime and tore into the pontiff’s criticism of the U.S.’s struggle with Iran. ​

Vance, who transformed to Catholicism in 2019, instructed Fox News’ Special Report With Bret Baier on Monday that the president’s publish was “a joke.” ​

“And, of course, he took it down because he recognized that a lot of people weren’t understanding his humor in that case,” he mentioned. “I think the president of the United States likes to mix it up on social media.”​

Vance added that it was “good” that Trump is “not filtered.”

“I certainly think that, in some cases, it would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality,” Vance mentioned. “To stick to matters of, you know, what’s going on in the Catholic Church and let the president of the United States stick to dictating American public policy.”

When requested about Trump’s declare that the Pope was “catering to the Radical Left,” Vance mentioned that Trump has the “prerogative” to set the nation’s immigration coverage.

​“He has to look out for the interests of the United States of America,” he added. ​

Vance was shredded on social media for his feedback, with journalist John Harwood claiming on X that the Trump administration is “not interested in matters of morality.”

​“Glad the Vice President clarified that he doesn’t think waging war is a matter of morality,” political commentator Jon Favreau wrote on X. ​

Writer Polly Sigh took purpose at Vance’s upcoming memoir about his conversion to Catholicism. ​

“Spoken just like a fake Catholic who confused a Methodist church with a Catholic one on the cover of his book,” she wrote on X.

Vance was one of many final world leaders to satisfy with Pope Francis earlier than his loss of life.

The vice chairman had beforehand cited the idea of order of affection to justify his administration’s deportation insurance policies, whereas Pope Francis asserted his personal interpretation of the theological concept in an open letter.

Trump’s scathing Truth Social publish got here every week after the present pope described the president’s declare that an “entire civilisation will die” within the struggle with Iran as “unacceptable.”​

The Pope had additionally steered, with out naming Trump or the struggle with Iran immediately, {that a} “delusion of omnipotence” was fueling conflicts around the globe. ​

On Truth Social, the president claimed that he favored the Pope’s brother “much better” and steered that, with out his personal election in 2024, the Pope “wouldn’t be in the Vatican.”

​Shortly after importing that publish, the president shared the picture of himself in a white gown, bathed in gentle and inserting his hand on a sick man’s face. ​

A nurse, a soldier, a person in uniform and a praying girl are all seated across the affected person’s bedside within the picture, whereas an enormous U.S. flag, a pair of bald eagles, and a trio of army planes fly overhead. ​

Responding to the Truth Social tirade, the Pope mentioned that he has “no fear of the Trump administration” and that he didn’t need to debate Trump on the difficulty.

​Trump has since claimed that the picture depicts him as a health care provider “making people better,” and has since deleted the image.