
So, Republicans now seem to think religion should be kept firmly out of politics. This position – a complete 180 from their usual stances – comes as Donald Trump squares up against Pope Leo XIV and the Catholic Church.
Pope Leo took exception to Trump threatening to erase a civilization, probably because genocide and mass murder don’t exactly square with Jesus “the Prince of Peace” Christ’s whole deal. An infuriated Trump has been spiraling over this for over a week, to the point he’s now trying to convince everyone that the pope is actively in favor of a nuclear-armed Iran.