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Dave Bowman

(7,374 posts)
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:07 AM 19 hrs ago

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

"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.



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"Trump accuses pope of 'endangering a lot of Catholics' with Iran stance" (Original Post) Dave Bowman 19 hrs ago OP
"A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons" Scrivener7 19 hrs ago #1
Wow, very well said. 👍 Dave Bowman 18 hrs ago #2
I'm guessing you do know that it was Hillary Clinton, right? hlthe2b 17 hrs ago #6
Who are you goin' to believe: no_hypocrisy 18 hrs ago #3
Isn't Trump the guy that blows Catholics out of the water in their boats? Asking for a friend. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 18 hrs ago #4
I thought Rubio had gone. We haven't seen so much of him Walleye 18 hrs ago #5
False dichotomy, false equivalency from trumpass jimmy the one 16 hrs ago #7

Scrivener7

(59,996 posts)
1. "A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons"
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:18 AM
19 hrs ago

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.

hlthe2b

(114,429 posts)
6. I'm guessing you do know that it was Hillary Clinton, right?
Tue May 5, 2026, 01:43 PM
17 hrs ago

and yes, she was beyond prescient.

Walleye

(45,272 posts)
5. I thought Rubio had gone. We haven't seen so much of him
Tue May 5, 2026, 01:01 PM
18 hrs ago

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

jimmy the one

(2,828 posts)
7. False dichotomy, false equivalency from trumpass
Tue May 5, 2026, 02:10 PM
16 hrs ago

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.'

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