Trump’s Rage at Pope Backfires as Poll Reveals He’s Losing Fight Badly
Donald Trump has been furious for weeks over Pope Leo’s criticism of the Iran war, and he has just unleashed his most vile attack yet. Trump accused the pope of “endangering many Catholics” by advocating peace. Yet a new Washington Post A poll reveals that Trump is losing this battle very badly. Large majorities react negatively to Trump’s claims about the Pope and, more strikingly, large majorities approve of the Pope’s message of peace, even as Trump bombards America with incessant lies and propaganda about the Pope and war. We spoke to religion scholar Sarah Posner, who writes for Talking Points Memo and hosts the Reign of Error podcast. We discuss why this poll is encouraging in non-obvious ways, why there is a schism between white evangelicals and Catholics over Trump, how MAGA encourages Trump to imagine himself waging spiritual war against the pope, and why this is a political disaster for him. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.
