BREAKING: The Pope CLAPS BACK at Trump as feud ERUPTS

Just a normal day in the Trump era, when. the literal Pope is clapping back at the. President of the United States on the. world stage. >> Jesus told us, "Blessed are the. peacemakers, but woe to those who manipulate religion. in the very name of God for their own. military, economic, or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into. darkness and filth.". Yes, my dear sisters and brothers, you who hunger and thirst for justice,

who are poor, merciful, meek, and pure of heart, you who have wept, you are the light of the world. Now, Trump, for his part, responded to this. comment by the Pope saying this. On. those criticize people who quote. manipulate religion for political or. military gain, is he talking about. himself? Very important that the Pope. understands. Very, very important that. we Nice not to say it.

Uh. Iran killed 42,000 people that were. totally unarmed. They were protesters. Uh Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. If. they did, every country, including. Italy, where he's stationed, every. single country in in the world would be. in trouble. So, we're doing very well. with respect to that, having to do with. the whole situation on Iran, the. uh. the blockade is amazing. It's holding up. very strong, very powerfully. Uh and I.

think we're making a lot of progress in. that. But, the Pope has to understand. Iran, very simple. Iran cannot have a. nuclear weapon. The world would be in. great danger. Mr. President, would you meet Mr. President, would you meet with the Pope. to even out your differences with the. Catholic Church or I don't think it's. necessary. That quote, "The Pope has to. understand that Iran cannot have a. nuclear weapon." Let me just say, there. was already an agreement in place. preventing exactly that. Donald Trump.

tore it up because he didn't like the. guy whose name was attached to that. deal. And that deal did the thing that. Trump is claiming he wants to do by. bombing Iran every 6 months to the tune. of billions of dollars. In other words, Trump's partisan hackery, his jealousy, cost Americans at least $50 billion and. counting. And yet, it's the Pope who. needs to be schooled. Got it. But. reporters actually pushed back again. about Donald Trump's new feud with the. religious community. Well, I want to ask. you about the president because there. was a group of bishops that did put out. a statement saying the Pope isn't merely.

exercising his opinion, he's preaching. the gospel. What do you say to people. that do that? Well, I want him to preach. the gospel. I'm all about the gospel, but I also know that you cannot let a. certain country, which is a very. mean-spirited country, have a nuclear. weapon. If they did, they would use it, and I think they'd use it quickly, and. they would kill many millions of people. So, you know, the Pope can disagree with. me on that, but certainly we're allowed. to have that. Uh, I'm all about the. gospel. I'm about it as much as anybody. can be, but I can't allow as president.

of the United States of America, I can't. allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. And. here's the story, they won't have. They've already agreed not to have. That's good news, and I think the Pope. will be very happy with that. that Trump is, quote, all about the. gospel. Now, you may have seen this. video before, but if not, I want to show. you exactly how all about the gospel. Donald Trump really is. Here's what. happened when all about the gospel Trump. was asked for his favorite Bible verse.

Okay. You mentioned the Bible, you've. been talking about how it's your. favorite book, and you said, I think. last night in Iowa, some people are. surprised that you say that. I'm. wondering what one or two of your most. favored Bible, uh, verses are and why. >> wouldn't want to get into it because to. me that's very personal. You know, when. I talk about the Bible, it's very. personal, so I don't want to get into. verses. I don't want to get into No, no, I mean means a lot to you that you think. about or cite? >> The The Bible means a lot to me, but I. don't want to get into specifics. Even. to cite a verse that you like? >> No, I don't want to do that. >> an Old Testament guy or New Testament. guy? Uh probably.

equal. I think it's just an incredible. The whole Bible is an incredible. I joke. uh very much so. They always hold up The. Art of the Deal. I say it's my second. favorite book of all time. But uh I just. think the Bible is just something very. special. See how all about the gospel he. is? If I was the Pope, I'd maybe. consider just staying in my lane when it. comes to going toe-to-toe with the. behemoth of the Bible, Donald Trump. I. also find it pretty interesting that. when asked if he would meet with the. Pope, Trump said this.

Mr. President, would you meet Mr. President, would you meet with the Pope. to even out your differences with the. Catholic Church? I don't think it's. necessary. Now, that's interesting, especially. considering when I asked Barack Obama. who he'd like to meet most, this was his. answer. Who is there is there a person. that you most want to meet that you. haven't met yet? I'll be honest with. you. Being president or even being an. ex-president, I can kind of meet everybody. So, I've. met a lot of folks. The person who I.

have not yet met um. and that I'm looking forward to meeting. and I I hope I get an opportunity. sometime in the future is uh. uh the new Pope, who is from Chicago and. a White Sox fan. I had the pleasure of. getting to know Pope Francis pretty. well. Um. and and he was legit. You know, there. there's some figures. He's one, the. Dalai Lama was another. It is another. who. they're how you hope they are. They kind. of walk the walk.

And. my sense of this new Pope is he's from. that he's cut from that cloth. Somebody who. you know, worked. in. places. you know, that really needed help and. and and what wasn't just uh. preaching from a pulpit, but getting his. hands dirty trying to trying to help. people. So, I'm I'm looking forward to. talking to him. >> I think we can I think I think at some. point we'll So, it's no wonder Trump.

already hates the guy because Obama. likes him. And Donald Trump's disdain. for Obama is one of the only things that. fuels him. That's why he's tried to. dismantle the ACA. It's why he gutted. the ACA just this year. It's why he. dismantled the Iran nuclear deal, the. JCPOA. I mean, hell, you could make the. argument that Donald Trump ran for. president because Obama made fun of him, humiliated him at the White House. Correspondents Dinner. Donald Trump. is here tonight.

Now, I know that. he's taken some flak lately. But, no one is happier, no one is. prouder. to put this birth certificate matter to. rest than the Donald. And that's because he can finally get. back to focusing. on the issues that matter. Like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell?

And where are Biggie and Tupac? Trump knows that he'll never be as smart. or as articulate or as good-looking as. Obama. And so, he has dedicated his life. to trying to undermine Obama's legacy. instead. Even if doing so leaves. Americans sicker and poorer and less. safe because at the end of the day, it. is not about any of us. It's not about. 350 million Americans. For Trump, it's. about Trump and his very fragile ego.

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