Impossible...Paul was in charge of the church at Rome...In fact, Paul was in charge of all the churches...
2Co 11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
If there was a pope, it had to be Paul...And the 2nd pope would likely have been Timothy...
You claim Peter went to Rome when there is no biblical evidence of it...Peter was the apostle to the JEWS...The Jews were kicked out of Rome...There's no reason for Peter to be there...
And if Linus was 2nd in command under Peter, his commissions was to the Jews as well...Certainly not the Gentiles...
Washington wasn't the First President. Benjamin Franklin was