Trump’s Attack on Pope Leo Exposes the Bankruptcy of the Conciliar Sect
EWTN News reports that Donald Trump publicly attacked Pope Leo XIV on social media Sunday evening, calling the pontiff “weak on crime, and terrible for foreign policy” in a lengthy post reacting to the Holy Father’s recent appeals for peace and an end to war. Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews: “I don’t think he’s doing a very good job. … I am not a fan of Pope Leo. He’s a very liberal person.” The president accused Leo of being soft on Iran, opposed the pope’s stance on Venezuela, and even claimed credit for Leo’s election, writing: “He wasn’t on any list to be pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American. If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican.” Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, responded that he was “disheartened” by Trump’s attack, defending the pontiff as “the vicar of Christ who speaks from the truth of the Gospel and for the care of souls.” The public clash comes after weeks of growing friction between the White House and Catholic leaders since the United States and Israel launched military operations against Iran on Feb. 28. This spectacle of a secular ruler openly disparaging a man he calls “pope,” while the conciliar structures scramble to defend their usurper, exposes the complete inversion of the divine order — the very disorder condemned by Pius XI in *Quas Primas*.









