President Donald Trump’s war of words with Pope Leo XIV and his subsequent posting of an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ have sparked a rift among Republicans in the Senate just when the GOP needs to circle the wagons for the midterms.
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who is Catholic, criticized the president’s attack on the leader of her faith, wherein Trump called the pope “WEAK” on crime and “terrible” on foreign policy in a lengthy Truth Social screed that he reaffirmed in comments to reporters.