Trump slams Pope Leo as ‘weak’ and posts image of himself as Jesus therapeutic the sick | EUROtoday

President Trump has branded Pope Leo XIV as “WEAK” on crime and “terrible” on overseas coverage, in a late-night Truth Social blitz which additionally noticed him importing an A.I.-generated picture of himself dressed as Jesus.

Last week, Pope Leo stated Trump’s warning that an “entire civilisation will die tonight,” in reference to Iran, was “unacceptable.” The pope has additionally urged {that a} “delusion of omnipotence” is fuelling the battle between the United States and Iran.

In his prolonged Truth Social publish, the president claimed that the Catholic Church’s management had been “arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else” within the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and urged that he most popular the pope’s brother.

“I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA,” the president blasted. “He gets it, and Leo doesn’t!

“I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon.”

The president went on to recommend that his personal election performed a task within the Catholic Church’s alternative of pope in May 2025.

“Leo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise,” the president wrote. “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.

“If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican.”

Trump added, “Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician.”

Around 40 minutes after unloading on the pope, Trump uploaded an A.I.-generated picture of himself dressed as Jesus.

In the image, the president is bathed in golden gentle as he locations a shining hand on a sleeping man’s brow.

A nurse and a praying lady are each kneeling across the affected person within the picture, whereas a person in a camouflage uniform appears on. A fourth particular person, wearing a inexperienced uniform, can also be by the affected person’s bedside.

In the background, an enormous U.S. flag, a pair of bald eagles and a trio of navy planes will be seen flying by the air.

Former Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene shredded the president’s publish, stating that she was “praying against it.”

“On Orthodox Easter, President Trump attacked the Pope because the Pope is rightly against Trump’s war in Iran and then he posted this picture of himself as if he is replacing Jesus,” Greene wrote on X. “This comes after last week’s post of his evil tirade on Easter and then threatening to kill an entire civilization.

“I completely denounce this and I’m praying against it!!!”

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, additionally issued a press release in response to Trump’s publish.

“I am disheartened that the President chose to write such disparaging words about the Holy Father,” he wrote. “Pope Leo is not his rival; nor is the Pope a politician.

“He is the Vicar of Christ who speaks from the truth of the Gospel and for the care of souls.”

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