Trump's response to Pope: "You'll wish I was president when ISIS attacks the Vatican"
Posted on 02/18/2016 3:10:34 PM PST by Zakeet
The feud between Pope Francis and Donald Trump that erupted Thursday could not involve two more polar opposites.
Trump's name is synonymous with billions of dollars. Pope Francis chose to be named after the patron saint of the poor, Francis of Assisi. On the campaign trail, Trump routinely touts his experience with wealth. On his six-day trip to Mexico, Francis visited traditionally peripheral dioceses, including some of the country's poorest and most dangerous areas.
But both men have an uncanny knack for getting their message out.
Pope Francis has weighed into American politics before-he has brought up climate change and the death penalty in his historic speech to Congress in September-but never before have his remarks been so blunt, delivered in such a pointed way at such a crucial time: "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian," Francis said in response to a direct question on the papal plane back from Mexico about Trump's plans to deport undocumented immigrants and to build a border wall. "This is not in the Gospel."
Pope Francis went even farther.
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Pope Francis' words inject sharp focus about immigration into the presidential campaign, but his critique is larger than Trump. The pope called out any politician who aims to build walls not bridges, which would implicate other GOP presidential candidates such as Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. His words force all the candidates, especially Republicans, to take note of his broader perspective on immigration.
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Trump's response to Pope: "You'll wish I was president when ISIS attacks the Vatican"
The Vatican should keep this guy THERE — along with his leftist politics of interference and meddling. Maybe Vatican City can remind him of what his job is...
Check out the cannabis leaf design on the smart phone on the laft.
The Pope will probably come and campaign for Bernie.
Unfortunately, the Catholics and Lutherans have been every supportive of the illegal invasion. Most people are aware of that, so I don’t think the Pope will make any difference to most people. Even Rubio and Bush didn’t speak out in support of the Pope, and they’re both Catholic.
Uggh!!!
Just when it looked like Cruz was starting to narrow the gap with Trump, Bergolio has to jump in and give Trump a boost!
Uggghhh....
Pope on His Vatican Walls pointing to Germany for his unwanted immigrants!
Just goes to show that crus is the face of God. I expect that cruz will start placing his hands on the disabled and heal them during his campaign event with beck as the usher.
Catholics are bleeding membership in droves in the US.
Different note I am watching a Rubio ad on Obamacare
How he out smarted them on Obamacare?
Did I miss something?
Trump’s name is synonymous with billions of dollars. Pope Francis name is synonymous with billions of dollars. Now better...
the communist from Rome chimes in on something he knows nothing about
Just like our own DiC
Now S Carolina can vote on the Pope too. They let anyone in the Republican Primary, Democrats, Liberatarians, Religious Icons etcetct.
The Pope is a lot of things, but poor ain't one of them, and I don't care who he named himself after (and BTW idiot, it wasn't that Francis from Assisi). This isn't just a stupid premise, it's a soccer mom level of stupid premise. The Pope is the leader of over a billion Catholics and the head of all the Vatican wealth, and this MORON writer for Time has created talking points for liberal women based on the idea that he's actually poor compared to Trump?!
God I'm tired of the rancid stink of abject feminist stupidity.
And...for poor oppressed folk they sure have some nice phones...
FTR...I do not have one.
Yeh its getting a little too much.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2016 -
DONALD J. TRUMP RESPONSE TO THE POPE
If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened. ISIS would have been eradicated unlike what is happening now with our all talk, no action politicians.
The Mexican government and its leadership has made many disparaging remarks about me to the Pope, because they want to continue to rip off the United States, both on trade and at the border, and they understand I am totally wise to them. The Pope only heard one side of the story - he did not see the crime, the drug trafficking and the negative economic impact the current policies have on the United States. He does not see how Mexican leadership is outsmarting President Obama and our leadership in every aspect of negotiation.
For a religious leader to question a person faith is disgraceful. I am proud to be a Christian and as President I will not allow Christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened, unlike what is happening now, with our current President. No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man religion or faith. They are using the Pope as a pawn and they should be ashamed of themselves for doing so, especially when so many lives are involved and when illegal immigration is so rampant.
That’s funny...Time hated the papacy when Benedict was the Pope, so they ignored or mocked him repeatedly. Now there’s a Marxist in charge who’s spouting left wing talking points and suddenly they care about what the Catholic Church has to say. Francis has proven he’s an idiot when it comes to the faith as well as global issues, and he certainly doesn’t speak for this Catholic, so I will continue to ignore his stupid statements.
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