Piggy Picks a Fight with the Pope

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

In his constant quest to prove his importance through piggish behavior and to draw attention away from the Epstein files,  Donald Trump took to social media yesterday to attack one of his many betters on the world stage.   This time Trump turned his childish bullying on American-born Pope Leo X!V.  Trump's ignorant screed on Truth Social, a media platform he and his family own, said among other things that Leo owes his job and position in the world to Trump.

On the same day that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Americans to pray for victory in Iran "in the name of Jesus Christ," Trump decided to go after Pope Leo.  Trump accused the pontiff of trying to be a politician instead of a religious leader, and he criticized him for catering to "far left radicals."  Then Trump went off on a tangent saying that he (Trump) and been elected in a LANDSLIDE, and that the Catholic Church had chosen an American to be Pope as a way of dealing with Trump.

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. it's hurting him very badly, and, more importantly, it's hurting the Catholic Church!"

(Trump, a protestant who seldom attends church services, received 55% of the Catholic vote in the 2024 presidential election.  As of this month his support among US Catholics has dropped to 48% - with a 52% disapproval rating.  Pope Leo, on the other hand, is viewed favorably by 84% of US Catholics.).  

With regard to Trump's long-winded attack on social media, Pope Leo said:  

"I have no fear of the Trump administration, or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do."     

The Pope also employed an example of massive understatement when he deadpanned to reporters about the name of Trump's media platform, "Truth Social," saying:  "It's ironic - the name of the site itself.  Say no more."

As a parting shot in the squabble with the leader of the world's Catholics, last night Trump postd an image of himself as some sort of American Jesus healing the sick in a battleground situation.

Two world leaders, both born in the United States.  One sees God and religion as a force for peace in the world, and the other invokes God and religion in wartime bravado.   One provides illumination and hope for a better world, while the other wallows in darkness and roars of his own glory.   One is inspirational, the other is nuts.