By Hedelberto López Blanch on April 23, 2026
In his supposed eagerness to present himself as an all-powerful king, the convicted pedophile President Donald Trump launched an unrelenting attack against Pope Leo XIV because he did not like the comments made by the leader of the Catholic Church regarding those responsible for wars around the world.
On several occasions, the Holy Father has condemned leaders who spend billions on war and has stated that the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants.”
Recently, during a visit to Cameroon, he noted that:
“The architects of war pretend to ignore that it takes only a moment to destroy, but that often a whole lifetime is not enough to rebuild… They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on murder and devastation, while the resources needed for healing, education, and reconstruction are conspicuously absent.”
He made the statement after Trump attacked him again on social media. He added that leaders use religious language to justify armed conflicts and emphasized:
“Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging the sacred into darkness and filth.”
Trump, who with his enormous ego and narcissism has compared himself on several occasions to Jesus and claims to be the almighty king, described Leo XIV as “weak on crime and terrible on foreign policy” and asserted that he does not want “a Pope who thinks it is okay for Iran to have nuclear weapons” or who criticizes U.S. attacks in Venezuela, and then accused him of acting like a political leader rather than a religious leader.
During the start of peace talks between Washington and Tehran in Islamabad, the Pope issued a severe critique of the war’s proponents and described the aggressions in the Middle East as a “delusion of omnipotence.”
And he condemned the pretensions of all those who “demand that the entire world bow down to their demands,” and called for “a kingdom in which there is no sword, no drones, no vengeance, no trivialization of evil, no unjust profit, but only dignity, understanding, and forgiveness.”
Apparently, all those words in favor of a world of peace and understanding among human beings rang in the ears of the American tycoon, who, in yet another of his outbursts, suggested that the election of the Supreme Pontiff was linked to his own presidency, since otherwise he would not have been elected Pope.
The Supreme Pontiff described the aggression in the Middle East as a “delusion of omnipotence” and urged the nations in conflict not to turn their interests “into a mute, blind, and deaf idol to which they sacrifice all values.”
Very wisely, Leo XIV avoided escalating the conflict, though he reaffirmed his stance in favor of peace. “I will continue to speak out forcefully against war,” he said, insisting on the need to promote dialogue and multilateral solutions.
Numerous figures across the political and religious spectrum have described Trump’s statements as “deranged,” “abominable,” and a dangerous manifestation of a “Messiah complex.”
Criticism of the convicted president intensified after Trump posted an image (created with artificial intelligence) on his Truth Social account in which he appears as a figure resembling Jesus Christ who appears to be healing a man who bears a striking resemblance to the criminal and pedophile Jerry Epstein.
Everything seems to indicate that for the delusional figure running the White House, there are no limits to his hallucinations.
Source: Cuba en Resumen