00:00As I said, we spoke to some people who were in church this morning, and we also spoke to others
00:05who were here who told us that they understood that President Trump needed to take action in Iran.
00:11In fact, some of them were in support of that action, but they simply felt that his fight and his
00:18back and forth with the pope, as well as the vice president's comments about the pope, suggesting that the pope
00:24should be careful when speaking about theology, were really disappointing.
00:28And just a talking point they should have never picked up.
00:33This is what some had to say, including some supporters of the president.
00:39I don't think it helps the president at all.
00:41I think it's colossally stupid.
00:44And I say that as a Catholic and as a person who voted for Trump.
00:48But I think that it's just not the battle to pick.
00:51I think it's just an uncomfortable moment.
00:53And, you know, I think there's better ways to address dialogue.
00:57And, you know, I would rather see him try to come to some accord with the Holy Father and with
01:03the church's position.
01:04You know, I do think that things needed to be done in Iran.
01:07Do you think that the president engaging in this kind of thing hurts him with his supporters?
01:12Yes, I do.
01:13Yeah.
01:13I do.
01:14What would you like to see him do?
01:16Back off and kind of calm down his little bitty, tiny streak of a big streak of a little meanness
01:23here and there.
01:24I see both sides.
01:25And I'm not sure that I want to say what side I agree or don't agree with.
01:30Okay.
01:31But I think there is a space for it.
01:33You just have to be very careful how you put out that message.
01:36That's right.
01:37Especially with both being such high-ranking figures in the U.S.
01:42and how their messages are received.
01:46Fred, I also heard from people here today who made the point that, you know,
01:50we have an American pope for the first time in history.
01:53And so that is part of the reason why so many people are perhaps paying even closer attention
01:59to what Pope Leo is saying while he's on the Strip,
02:02even as he tries to sort of get away from the idea that he was trying to start
02:07or participate in any sort of debate with the president.
02:11We heard the pope talk about that during his trip in the last day or so,
02:16trying to kind of bring back the focus of his trip throughout Africa.
02:20Certainly not this back and forth that we have seen between Pope Leo and the President Trump here at home.
02:27Hey, I'm so glad that the people that you approached there were willing to go on camera
02:31and talk as frankly as they did, you know, about that.
02:35And, I mean, that was, that sounded like pure honesty.
02:39Gloria, thank you so much.
02:41That's right.
02:42Awesome.
02:42Thanks so much.
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