00:01No, I don't. Because Pope Leo said things that are wrong. He was very much against what I'm doing with
00:08regard to Iran. And you cannot have a nuclear in Iran. Pope Leo would not be happy with the end
00:14result. You have hundreds of millions of people dead. And it's not going to happen. So I can't. I think
00:21he's very weak on crime and other things. So I'm not. I mean, he went public. I'm just responding to
00:27Pope Leo.
00:28And, you know, his brother is a big MAGA person and he's a great guy, Lewis. And I said, I
00:33like Lewis better than I like the Pope. Now, you have to have law and order in our country. And
00:39that's what we have now. We have the lowest crime numbers we've had in a long time, despite the fact
00:44that many criminals were allowed into our country. But we've gotten a lot of them out. We've done a great
00:49job on crime.
00:50So we have the lowest murder rate in 125 years since 1900. The lowest murder rate. So we believe strongly
01:00in the right order. And he he seemed to have a problem with that. So there's nothing to apologize for.
01:06He's wrong.
01:07And the other thing is he didn't like what we're doing with respect to Iran. But Iran is a wants
01:14to be a nuclear nation so they can exterminate the world. Not going to happen.
01:41This is a political and religious firestorm unfolding at the highest levels of power. The President of the United States
01:50openly attacking the Pope and now facing backlash from within his own country.
01:56It began with sharp words from Donald Trump targeting Pope Leo the 14th. After the Pope criticized the U.S.
02:05war in Iran, Trump hit back, saying the Pope is weak and terrible on foreign policy and going even further.
02:13I don't think he's doing a very good job. He likes crime, I guess. A stunning escalation.
02:20The Pope's comments had been clear, calling for peace, rejecting war, and warning against what he described as the idolatry
02:29of power and force. He even called threats to destroy an entire civilization truly unacceptable.
02:37But instead of de-escalation, the rhetoric intensified. Trump took to social media, claiming the Pope's rise was linked to
02:46his own presidency, saying,
02:48If I wasn't in the White House, Leo wouldn't be in the Vatican. A stunning remark.
02:54And then came the backlash from within Trump's own political space. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly went as far as
03:03calling Trump the Antichrist, a dramatic break from one of his most vocal allies.
03:09Religious leaders are also pushing back. Senior Catholic voices in the U.S., including figures like Cardinal Robert McElroy, have
03:18criticized the war itself on 60 Minutes' show, calling it not a just war and warning it fails basic moral
03:26standards.
03:27Catholic priests across the country are echoing that concern, saying the conflict in Iran does not meet the criteria for
03:36moral justification under church teaching, a rare and direct challenge to U.S. policy.
03:42And the criticism isn't just religious, it's political, too.
03:46Senator Mark Kelly called Trump's attack on the Pope abhorrent, saying no president should attack the leader of the Catholic
03:55Church and accusing Trump of trying to deflect from the consequences of war.
04:00The divide is now clear. On one side, a president defending military action. On the other, a Pope calling for
04:08peace.
04:09And in between, a growing backlash from politicians, clergy, and even former allies.
04:15Because this is more than a disagreement, it's a clash between political power and moral authority, between war and restraint,
04:25and it's unfolding in real time with global implications.
04:29This is no longer just about foreign policy, it's about leadership, tone, responsibility, and the limits of power.
04:38Because when a U.S. president takes on the Pope, it doesn't stay political. It becomes something much bigger.
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