The President and the Pope
Donald Trump attacked Pope Leo XIV earlier this week for his comments on the war in Iran. Panelists on Washington Week with the Atlantic gathered to discuss the president’s remarks and what they might mean about Trump’s message on the conflict.
Pope Leo has been more vocal about his concerns about what is happening in Iran, Michael Scherer, editor at The Atlanticexplained last night. But in response to Trump’s backlash, Leo “spoke in even more aggressive terms … about how military leaders should not use religion to justify their actions,” Scherer said.
“Catholic voters are a truly influential group in this country,” Scherer continued – and yet, “Trump has not backed down; he says he won’t apologize. The president, Scherer argued, is not “acting from a position of strength.”
Join the editor-in-chief of The AtlanticJeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more: Leigh Ann Caldwell, chief Washington correspondent at Puck; Stephen Hayes, editor-in-chief of The dispatch; Jonathan Lemire, editor at The Atlantic and co-host of Morning Joe on MS NOW; and Scherer.
Watch the full episode here.
