President Donald Trump has launched a direct public attack on Pope Leo XIV, accusing him of weakness on crime and foreign policy before escalating his criticism in remarks to journalists and with an image portraying himself as Jesus Christ.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, published late on April 12, the US president claimed that the Pope was “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,” and criticised what he described as the pontiff’s failure to acknowledge restrictions placed on Christian worship during the Covid 19 pandemic.
