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<\/a>\u201cI did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with the Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which we support,\u201d President Trump told reporters outside of the Oval Office. \u00a0But isn\u2019t it maybe reminiscent of Jesus Christ? \u00a0\u201cOnly the fake news could come up with that one,\u201d Mr. Trump continued. \u201cI just heard about it, and I said how did they come up with that? It\u2019s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better and I do make people better.\u201d<\/p>\n
I can see why he\u2019s perplexed. \u00a0Every doctor I\u2019ve<\/em> ever known wears red and white robes, is backed up by the military and by assorted superheroes or archangels, and holds glowing orbs of unearthly light in his or her hands. \u00a0Am I really the only person who has noticed these things?<\/p>\n \u201cPope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. He talks about \u201cfear\u201d of the Trump Administration, but doesn\u2019t mention the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian Organizations, had during COVID when they were arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else, for holding Church Services, even when going outside, and being ten and even twenty feet apart. I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA. He gets it, and Leo doesn\u2019t! I don\u2019t want a Pope who thinks it\u2019s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. I don\u2019t want a Pope who thinks it\u2019s 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. And I don\u2019t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I\u2019m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History. Leo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise. He wasn\u2019t on any list to be Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump. If I wasn\u2019t in the White House, Leo wouldn\u2019t be in the Vatican. Unfortunately, Leo\u2019s Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons, does not sit well with me, nor does the fact that he meets with Obama Sympathizers like David Axelrod, a LOSER from the Left, who is one of those who wanted churchgoers and clerics to be arrested. Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician. It\u2019s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it\u2019s hurting the Catholic Church! President DONALD J. TRUMP\u201d<\/p>\n Asked by reporters about the post after landing at Joint Base Andrews Sunday night, President Trump responded as follows:<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think he\u2019s doing a very good job. He likes crime, I guess. [. . .] So we don\u2019t like it, we don\u2019t like a pope that\u2019s gonna say that it\u2019s okay to have a nuclear weapon. We don\u2019t want a pope that says crime is okay in our cities. I don\u2019t like it, I\u2019m not a big fan of Pope Leo. He\u2019s a very liberal person, and he\u2019s a man that doesn\u2019t believe in stopping crime. He\u2019s a man who thinks that we should be going with a country that wants a nuclear weapon so they can blow up the world. I\u2019m not a fan of Pope Leo.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Paula White\u2011Cain, a televangelist who has served as Donald Trump\u2019s spiritual adviser across both his presidencies, used her Easter Week lunch address to draw parallels between the legal battles and assassination attempts Mr. Trump has faced and the trials endured by Christ.<\/p>\n With the president standing behind her \u2014 she turned to address him personally \u2014 White-Cain said: \u201cJesus taught so many lessons through his death, burial and resurrection. He showed us great leadership, great transformation requires great sacrifice.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Mr. President, no one has paid the price like you have paid the price. It almost cost you your life.<\/p>\n \u201cYou were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It\u2019s a familiar pattern that our lord and savior showed us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it didn\u2019t end there for him, and it didn\u2019t end there for you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cGod always had a plan: On the third day, he rose, he defeated evil, he conquered death, hell and the grave. And because he rose, we all know that we can rise. And sir, because of his resurrection, you rose up,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause he was victorious, you are victorious. And I believe that the Lord said to tell you this: because of his victory, you will be victorious in all you put your hands to,\u201d she said, finishing to applause.<\/p>\n The president responded by smiling and said \u201cthank you\u201d.<\/p>\n But, well, enough of such things. \u00a0I thought that you might enjoy some of our time\u2019s most memorable religious art. \u00a0(Thank you for your attention to this matter.) \u00a0But \u2014 after first noting that Viktor Orb\u00e1n will soon be out of office and that life really can be good \u2014 let\u2019s change the subject a bit:<\/p>\n I\u2019m pleased to announce that Episode 12 of Becoming Brigham<\/em> is now available online for your viewing pleasure, or for your savage indignation. \u00a0(I\u2019ve encountered both.) \u00a0Go to \u201cBecoming Brigham, Episode 12 \u2014 Why did Joseph Smith put Nauvoo under martial law?\u201d<\/a> \u00a0It\u2019s only fourteen minutes long. \u00a0And have you missed any of the prior installments? \u00a0If so, don\u2019t despair: All of the currently-available episodes are accessible here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>