00:01U.S. President Donald Trump refuses to apologize for his attacks on Pope Leo XIV
00:07after the pontiff had called the Iran war unacceptable.
00:10Trump has faced widespread backlash for his criticism of the Pope,
00:14including by Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Malone,
00:18who issued a statement supporting the pontiff.
00:21No, I don't, because Pope Leo said things that are wrong.
00:24He was very much against what I'm doing with regard to Iran,
00:30and you cannot have a nuclear Iran.
00:32Pope Leo would not be happy with the end result.
00:35You'll have hundreds of millions of people dead, and it's not going to happen.
00:39So I can't. I think he's very weak on crime and other things.
00:45Pope Leo XIV pushed back on Trump,
00:47telling reporters he doesn't fear the Trump administration
00:50and reiterating the Vatican's stance on peace and reconciliation.
00:54I do not look at my role as being a political politician.
00:58I don't want to get into a debate with him.
01:01I don't think that the message of the gospel is meant to be abused
01:04in the way that some people are doing.
01:07And I will continue to speak out loud against war, looking to promote peace.
01:14Meanwhile, Trump caused further backlash over an image posted on his true social
01:18depicting himself as a Jesus-like figure.
01:21The post has since been deleted as the U.S. president claims
01:24the image was supposed to depict him as a doctor.
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