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Trump reignites Pope feud accusing pontiff of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’

The Independent·Owen Scott·28 days ago
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President Trump has reignited his feud with Pope Leo XIV , accusing the pontiff of “endangering a lot of Catholics.”​ Trump hit out at the religious leader during an interview discussing the jailed Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai , whose case he plans to raise with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month. ​ When the host of the The Hugh Hewitt Show suggested the Pope should also raise the issue of Lai’s detention, Trump quickly pivoted to an attack on the leader of the Catholic church. “Well, the pope would rather talk about the fact that it’s okay for Iran to have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said Sunday. “I don’t think that’s very good.…

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