It seems that President Donald Trump got the pope pretty cross.
On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV condemned Trump’s decision to drag the United States into Israel’s messy conflict by launching strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.
“War does not solve problems; on the contrary, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the history of peoples, which take generations to heal,” Leo wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “No armed victory can compensate for the pain of mothers, the fear of children, or stolen futures. May diplomacy silence the weapons! May nations chart their futures with works of peace, not with violence and bloodstained conflicts!”
Although Leo never mentioned Trump by name in his tweet, some X users felt that his criticism was squarely aimed at the president.
“Not the Pope subtweeting the President of the United States!” one user wrote.
