"Trump accuses pope of 'endangering a lot of Catholics' with Iran stance"

[Dave Bowman]

"Donald Trump has issued a fresh verbal attack against Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of “endangering a lot of Catholics” because “he thinks it’s fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon”.

The remarks come two days before Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, meets Leo at the Vatican in an effort to ease the tensions sparked by Trump’s previous broadside against the Chicago-born pontiff over his condemnation of the US-Israeli war on Iran."
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That nonsense sounds like a threat to me. What a Psychopath.

[Scrivener7]

1. "A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons"

Someone very smart said that once.

I think we can also say that a man you can bait to fury with a prayer is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.

[Dave Bowman]

2. Wow, very well said. 👍

[hlthe2b]

6. I'm guessing you do know that it was Hillary Clinton, right?

and yes, she was beyond prescient.

[Dave Bowman]

8. I believe that you wanted to reply to another post.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Who are you goin' to believe:

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Me or your Lying Pope?

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

4. Isn't Trump the guy that blows Catholics out of the water in their boats? Asking for a friend.

[Dave Bowman]

10. Hey, you got that right. It's getting crazier by the day. 😃

[Walleye]

5. I thought Rubio had gone. We haven't seen so much of him

I don’t even know why we have a secretary of state we don’t have any diplomacy

[jimmy the one]

7. False dichotomy, false equivalency from trumpass

Trumpass claims that, since the pope stands against the Iran war and war in general, the pope therefore believes it is 'fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon'.
This is a false equivalency, where two unrelated premises are illogically equated as cause and effect, or one as a corollary to the other.
Example of false equivalency: pro choice supporters want and like to kill unborn babies. No they want to leave childbearing up to the mother.

>>>> False equivalence is a logical fallacy where two distinct, non-equivalent things are falsely presented as equal, usually by highlighting minor similarities while ignoring major differences. It often creates a "false balance" in debates, making opposing sides appear equally valid when one side lacks evidence or merit.'

[B.See]

9. No, mfkr

YOU endanger a lot of Catholics.

And the kids you abduct to concentration camps.

And the children you take food from, at home and abroad.

And the children you and your accomplices bomb in schools and hospitals.

And the children you endanger via your fascists' anti-science, anti-vax LUNACY,

and via your opposition to regulation of industrial polluters.

YOU endanger US... Americans and the WORLD.

So go fuck yourself.

[Dave Bowman]

11. I second that emotion.

[PatSeg]

12. Yes, it sounded like a threat to me as well

"Nice parishioners you have there Leo, it would be a shame if something should happen to them, if you know what I mean."

[Dave Bowman]

13. Perfectly said! 👍