Vice President JD Vance Defends Trump, Tells Pope Leo To Stick To Morality

Vice President JD Vance defended President Trump's feud with Pope Leo XIV, telling the pontiff to stick to matters of morality.

“A majority of US Catholic voters supported Donald Trump in his 2024 presidential victory”

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Vance said sometimes we're going to have disagreements on matters of public policy.

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The spat began when Pope Leo suggested a delusion of omnipotence surrounded the Iran war.

Trump responded by calling the pope weak on crime and posting a now-deleted AI meme depicting himself as a Jesus Christ-like healer.

Vance insisted Trump alone made the decision to remove the post, saying the president was posting a joke.

The confrontation reflects an unusually direct dispute between a US administration and the Bishop of Rome.

Vance called Trump's AI-generated Jesus image a joke.

Trump took it down because a lot of people weren't understanding his humor.

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Trump claimed he was portraying himself as a doctor, not a religious healer.

The image had drawn outrage from supporters and opponents alike.

Vance's defense came amid growing dismay among Catholic voters and conservative evangelicals.

The feud erupted after Pope Leo launched a scathing attack on Trump’s threat to wipe out Iranian civilisation.

“Vicepresidente defiende a Trump sobre el papa y pide al Vaticano se limite a cuestiones de moral Lejos de calmar sus ataques al papa, que comenzaron este domingo con una larga publicación en su red Truth Social, Trump insistió en que "él es muy blando en materia de delincuencia y otros temas"”

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Trump posted a 334-word-long Truth Social post, calling the pope WEAK on Crime.

Vance echoed Trump, saying the president has the prerogative to set immigration policy.

The pope responded by saying he has no fear of the Trump administration.

A majority of US Catholic voters supported Trump in 2024.

Even conservative-leaning bishops expressed dismay over the verbal assault on the pope.

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Archbishop Paul Coakley called Trump's remarks entirely inappropriate and disrespectful.

Conservative Christian evangelicals were also appalled.

The confrontation comes just six months before the midterm elections.