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"I Run the World" Isn't Enough for Trump; Now He Wants to Be Pope [1]
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Date: 2025-04-29
OK, I thought this was a joke. But he actually said it. Trump: ‘I’d like to be pope’
Donald Trump has jokingly said he would be his own “number one choice” to be the next leader of the Catholic Church. “I’d like to be pope,” he told a reporter on Tuesday, before sharing his views on who should actually take up the role.
Fox News reported it as a “joke” — Trump jokes he'd like to be pope, 'Number 1 choice' – then names a real contender — but Lindsey Graham took him seriously enough to set a new speed record for ass-kissing:
There are, of course, a few requirements for the job:
According to canon law, the following individuals are eligible to be elected pope: Any baptized Catholic male with the use of reason.
with the use of reason. Not necessarily a cardinal- -while it has been more than 500 years since a non-cardinal was elected, historical precedent allows for other clerics or even laymen to be chosen.
-while it has been more than 500 years since a non-cardinal was elected, historical precedent allows for other clerics or even laymen to be chosen. Willing to be ordained a bishop--if the elected candidate is not already a bishop, he must be immediately ordained before assuming the papacy.
I’m just going to let this one stand, before the temptation to point out that Trump fails on the first point — not the Catholic part (though he does fail that), but the other one.
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In response to comments that it should be “ruining the world” — and yes, it should be — that quote comes from the Atlantic: ‘I Run the Country and the World’. Complain to them, not me.
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