Trump unleashes tirade against "weak," "terrible" Pope Leo

President Trump lashed out against Pope Leo XIV on Sunday night, calling him "WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy." The big picture: The president's comments escalate already high tensions between the president and the first U.S.-born pope, who has spoken out on Trump administration immigration policies and the Iran war. Zoom in: In a lengthy Truth Social post , Trump criticized the pope on matters including the Catholic church's stance during the COVID pandemic. "I don't want a Pope who thinks it's terrible that America attacked Venezuela," Trump wrote in an apparent reference to Leo's January expression of concern for Venezuelans following the U.S. raid and ensuing capture of leader Nicolás Maduro in the South American country. Trump also said he likes the pope's "brother Louis much better" than him because he claimed he "is all MAGA." Go deeper: Iran war tips Trump-Pope tension over the edge

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