Trump Meets His Match in Pope Leo
As Bishop Sheen said to Milton Berle, the vicar of Rome has better writers and a better sponsor.
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A reader sent a note this week saying he’d been following the president’s attack on the pope and his follow-up posting of the artificial-intelligence image depicting him as Christ healing the sick, and it sent him to the Sermon on the Mount. Consider what Jesus said, the reader urged, and the things Trump says. I did.
Christ: “Blessed are you who are poor.”
Mr. Trump: “Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich.” “My whole life I’ve been greedy, greedy, greedy. I’ve grabbed all the money I could get.”
Christ: “Blessed are the meek.”
Mr. Trump: “It has been stated by many that the first month of our presidency . . . is the most successful in the history of our nation.” “You know who No. 2 is? George Washington.”
Christ: “Blessed are the merciful.”
Mr. Trump: “I am your retribution.” “Why are we having all these people from s— hole countries come here?”
Christ: “Blessed are the peacemakers.”
Mr. Trump: “A whole civilization will die tonight.” “He died like a dog.” “He died after running into a dead-end tunnel whimpering and crying and screaming.”
Christ: “Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you.”
Mr. Trump: “I love getting even with people.” “I hate my opponent, and I don’t want the best for them, I’m sorry.”
Some common subject matter, but rather different approaches! So different that Mr. Trump’s statements seem the photographic negative of the Sermon on the Mount.
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