After the US president appeared to claim credit for his appointment in the first place, Pope Leo XIV’s remarks at his first press conference as leader of the Catholic Church have been read as a covert jab at Trump.
Pope Leo’s appointment marked the first time in history that an American had been voted in to take the position as leader of the Catholic world.
And surprisingly Trump argued that his return to the White House played a role in this, despite him not having anything to do with the conclave process that selects a new pope.
Writing on Truth Social on May 12, Trump insisted because he ‘won the Catholic vote’ he had influenced the appointment of Pope Leo.
He made this rather odd claim while taking shots at ABC’s Martha Raddatz.
He wrote in one post: “It was hilarious to see old-timer Martha Raditz on ABC Fake News (the Slopadopolus show!) this morning, blurt out that Pope Leo’s selection was essentially unrelated to Donald Trump.”
