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"Donald Trump has issued a fresh verbal attack against Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of endangering a lot of Catholics because he thinks its fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.
The remarks come two days before Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, meets Leo at the Vatican in an effort to ease the tensions sparked by Trumps previous broadside against the Chicago-born pontiff over his condemnation of the US-Israeli war on Iran."
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That nonsense sounds like a threat to me. What a Psychopath.
Scrivener7
(60,006 posts)Someone very smart said that once.
I think we can also say that a man you can bait to fury with a prayer is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.
Dave Bowman
(7,374 posts)hlthe2b
(114,450 posts)and yes, she was beyond prescient.
no_hypocrisy
(55,243 posts)Last edited Tue May 5, 2026, 01:32 PM - Edit history (1)
Me or your Lying Pope?
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,195 posts)Walleye
(45,289 posts)I dont even know why we have a secretary of state we dont have any diplomacy
jimmy the one
(2,828 posts)Trumpass claims that, since the pope stands against the Iran war and war in general, the pope therefore believes it is 'fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon'.
This is a false equivalency, where two unrelated premises are illogically equated as cause and effect, or one as a corollary to the other.
Example of false equivalency: pro choice supporters want and like to kill unborn babies. No they want to leave childbearing up to the mother.
>>>> False equivalence is a logical fallacy where two distinct, non-equivalent things are falsely presented as equal, usually by highlighting minor similarities while ignoring major differences. It often creates a "false balance" in debates, making opposing sides appear equally valid when one side lacks evidence or merit.'