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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nThe feud between US president and the Pope has deepened after Donald Trump revealed he’s ‘not a fan’.\n\nTrump took aim at Pope Leo XIV on his Truth Social platform saying the first American pope should ‘stop catering to the Radical Left’.\n\nHe then posted a bizarre AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus.\n\nThe war of words between the two figures erupted after the head of the Catholic church branded the Iran war ‘unjust’.\n\nIn a post on Sunday, Trump wrote: ‘Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible on foreign policy’.\n\nHe added: ‘I don’t want a pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.\n\nTrump posted an AI-generated image of him as Jesus placing his hand on a man’s forehead, flanked by people praying for him (Picture: Truth Social)\n\nDonald Trump took aim at Pope Leo XIV by saying he was ‘weak on crime’ (Picture: AP/Getty)\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n‘I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a country that was sending massive amounts of drugs into the United States and, even worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers, drug dealers, and killers into our country.’\n\nHe also praised Leo’s brother Louis, adding: ‘I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA. He gets it, and Leo doesn’t!’\n\nPope Leo XIV addressed St Peter’s Square on Sunday before Trump’s latest social media post (Picture: Getty)\n\nTrump later told reporters at Joint Base Andrews, where he landed with Air Force One: ‘I don’t think he’s doing a very good job.\n\n‘I’m not a fan of Pope Leo.’\n\nOver the weekend, Pope Leo said a ‘delusion of omnipotence’ was fuelling the US-Iran war, and demanded political leaders to stop and negotiate peace.\n\nTrump later said the US will blockade Iranian ports from 3pm UK time on Monday – a move the UK, which has minesweepers in the area, is not taking part in.\n\n## Who is Pope Leo XIV’s brother Louis?\n\nLouis Prevost is the elder brother of the Pope and told ABC in October 2024 that he was a supporter of the MAGA movement.\n\nIn an interview with Piers Morgan Uncensored, Prevost said he was viewed as ‘the black sheep of the family’, adding he toned down his tweets and Facebook posts because they always ‘end up on the news’.\n\nIn the same chat, he revealed he speaks to Leo ‘maybe once a week’.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Donald Trump lashes out at the Pope before sharing bizarre image of him as Jesus"
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