Vance Praises Pope Leo, Ends Trump-Pope Spat

0:00On April 19, Vice President JD Vance just thanked Pope Leo XIV for smoothing over a public spat with President Trump. The B started when the Pope slammed Trump's threats to bomb Iranian infrastructure if they didn't reopen the straight-of-form moves. Trump fired back hard, calling the Pope weak on foreign policy and crime. Pope Leo hid back on April 7, saying threats against Iran's people were unacceptable and urging folks to push leaders for peace. Trump then posted on Truth Social, ribbing the Pope for criticizing his landslide elected agenda, and even shared an AI image of himself in Pope robes. Healing the sick like Jesus, that image blew up with backlash from Catholics and even some MAGA faithful, so Trump deleted it quick. Vance called it just a joke that Trump pulled because folks missed the humor. Fast forward to Saturday, Pope Leo downplayed the drama before flying to Angola on his Africa tour. He said media narratives got it wrong and his speech predated Trump's comments all while pushing his peace message.

1:00Vance, a Catholic himself, showed gratitude on X, noting real policy clashes exist, but the world's messy. He put it plain, the Pope preaches morals, the administration applies them, and they're praying for each other moving forward.