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Trump calls Pope Leo ‘weak’ and ‘terrible’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] andallthat@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Insults from Trump and whoever writes his scripts are always projection.

The Democracts pedophile ring (but Epstein...), Hillary was using an unsecured email server (but the classified documents at Mar a Lago....), the attempt to shoot him because of Dems inciting violence (but Jan 6...), Kamala would get the US in WW3 (but Iran....).

In that sense, his choice of words this time is interesting: "weak and terrible".

[-] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

He called the Pope "weak on crime," lmao.

And lo, when the penitent thief called to Jesus, he said, "Remember me, when you come into your kingdom." And Jesus heard the thief repent and replied to him, "Naw, that's some beta cuck shit. No parole, motherfucker."

[-] setsubyou@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

The Vatican does have the highest crime rate per capita in the world.*

* Because there are a few hundred inhabitants but millions of tourists each year

[-] Karmanopoly@lemmy.world 111 points 2 days ago

Also Trump

[-] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I was hoping someone would make this

[-] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago

Now this makes sense, the original of Trump blessing John Stewart threw me.

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Wow that's hilarious

[-] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 84 points 2 days ago

Never thought I'd see the day when blindly pro-Christ America threatens the Holy See with the murder of the pope and the creation of a heretical antipope. Was definitely not on my "Crazies of 2026" bingo card.

[-] mandolrain@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Did you say.. Antipope?

[-] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

I hoped it was Zlad!

[-] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 71 points 2 days ago

Watch as Trump goes full Henry VIII and starts his own church purely to make raping pre-teens a religious practice and for the tax exemption.

[-] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

I’ll take “things I didn’t want to know” for €1000 please

[-] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

He is the president and he has already demonstrated he isn't bound by any silly "rules."

I mean, he could, but why bother?

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I was initially surprised by this too. But the more I think about it, the more expected it is.

Trump's hardcore base is mostly comprised of evangelical protestants. And they fucking hate the pope in every form (more conservative and more liberal ones alike), and Catholics in general.

His comments will energize their support, which has been slipping a bit due to the Epstein files. And as someone else said he, the hardcore base of ultra-conservative Catholics who also support Trump won't care about his latest comments, because they hate Leo too.

This really is just playing to his base. Not in a 4D chess way, but more in the form of his latest tantrum unwittingly hitting a strategic sweet spot.

[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Like... I am not going to say I am NOT surprised.

But it really does make sense if you look at history as a whole. Catholicism has largely always been characterized by a religious third party meddling in politics, economics, and the legal system. When they have a critical mass of Believers, they are a force to be feared. When they don't? They are a nagging voice that world leaders are expected to kiss the ring of.

In this case? Somehow the catholic church is NOT the most evil voice in the room which... is a whole level of fucked.

But England broke with the pope centuries ago. And people forget that the US was "founded" by protestants. Or that the country is basically controlled by evangelical christofacists (another flavor of protestants). Like... it is STILL a big deal that JFK was openly catholic.

So... in a lot of ways? This is one fallen empire that pissed away its soft power getting mocked by the figurehead of a falling empire that pissed away its soft power.

[-] Barley_Man@sopuli.xyz 33 points 2 days ago

You would think Catholics would be absolutely outraged by this but the pope, who before was totally taboo to ever criticize, has been getting lots of criticism from Catholics for a long time now, ever since pope Francis was elected and but especially now with pope Leo. Ironically the absolutely fiercest critics of the pope are the so called "tradcaths" or ultra conservative catholic zoomers. If you look at their social media bubble it's shit thrown at whatever the pope is saying every single week.

I don't think US conservative Catholics care at all what Trump is saying about the pope. They hate the pope themselves. Maybe they will even cheer on.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Thinking that the wrong dude is the Pope is the most Catholic thing ever.

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I mean, the romans had a pontifex maximus too, so it is a vestige of Europe's roman roots (it even predates the republic)

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The pope is the very same pontifex maximus that the romans had. It's one of the only things that haz been carried over.

[-] cattywampas@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I'm sure this is true for the conservative Catholics, but there are also millions of moderate and liberal Catholics who lean Dem and are most definitely anti-MAGA.

[-] sturmblast@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

Meanwhile, Trump rapes and murders children.

[-] UndergroundParking@lemmy.cafe 11 points 2 days ago

Can we just come to an agreement to change the headline format to trump said something stupid <datestamp>?

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

That happens multiple times per day

[-] UndergroundParking@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 days ago

I'm sure we can come up with some incremental system.

[-] sampao@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

Oh look, it's the anti-christ

[-] lemmylump@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Catholics to be deported by ICE any day now.

[-] tmyakal@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

Meanwhile my in-laws voted for Trump in 2016 because Biden was going to outlaw Catholicism...

[-] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

He can't call him a pedophile because he's one too

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Geez, the Pope isnt doing anything to actually hinder his shit plans in Iran. putin is, where is his public outrage?

[-] probable_possum@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago

It's OK, as long as he doesn't insult Yoda.

[-] Patnou@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Is this dumbass on the R word list? Nobody screws with Chytown it is basically the new york of the midwest. Hell they shoot people over stupid ass shit. Given them something to all hate and you thought Fallugha was bad. I feel sorry for the Pope I am not even catholic that he actually had to come out and make a statement.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

All these anti-pope christians realize that Judaism is close to OG recipe for at least until 70 ad, then Catholics (mostly), then all other flavors? Coptic is in the mix too, but I don't know the dates.

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