White House responds to anti-Trump ideology expressed by new pope
When Robert Prevost, a Chicago archbishop for the Catholic church, this week was picked to be the new pope, Leo XIV, President Donald Trump wished him well.
“Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope,” Trump said on his Truth Social account.
“What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!” he said.
Then surfaced social media statements from Prevost, while a cardinal, that adopted an anti-Trump, pro-illegal immigration agenda. The statements specifically targeted the current White House administration with condemnation.
So the White House responded to that, too.
“The president made his reaction to Pope Leo’s announcement yesterday he is very proud to have an American Pope,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during her briefing. “It’s a great thing…and we’re praying for him.”
She did not discuss the political statements expressed by Prevost as cardinal.
The Daily Mail confirmed Prevost “made a series of social media posts critical of the president’s policies and often reposts sentiments critical of the Trump administration.”
“A 2014 tweet is going viral where Prevost called Jesus a migrant and some of his social media content has been critical of the president,” the report explained. “Prevost specifically criticized the White House’s actions regarding immigration and in the past has expressed support for progressive causes.”
His most recent X post came only a few weeks ago, when he retweeted a post slamming Trump’s deportation of illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.
Garcia also has been a cause celebre for Democrats in America, but their advocacy for what they describe as a family man has been undercut by allegations besides being an illegal alien in America, he was involved in human traffic and repeatedly had been accused of abusing his wife.
The report said Prevost is a registered Republican, but that “should not be confused with support for President Donald Trump.”
“He has made a series of social media posts critical of the president’s policies and often reposts sentiments critical of the Trump administration,” the report said.
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