Pope Leo claims that when he criticized “tyrants” for spending billions on wars in a speech earlier this week, he was not attempting to engage in a discussion with Donald Trump.
The pope claimed that the statements, which were made a few days after a high-profile altercation with the US president, were written “well before the president ever commented on myself” two weeks prior. On a Saturday flight to Angola, he told reporters, “And yet as it happens, it was looked as if I was trying to debate, again, the president, which is not in my interest at all.”
The first American Pope, who has been an outspoken opponent of the US-Israeli military operation in Iran, came under fire from Trump on Monday, calling him “terrible for foreign policy. Citing “the political situation created” by Trump’s remarks, the Pope, who is now touring Africa, claimed that a “certain narrative that has not been accurate” had emerged.
He had attacked officials who “turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education, and restoration are nowhere to be found” during a speech in Cameroon on Thursday. The lords of war act as though they are unaware that while it only takes a moment to destroy, it frequently takes a lifetime to reconstruct,” he stated.
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