Donald Trump has fired back after Pope Francis suggested he is "not
Christian," if some of the things he's said on immigration are true.When
asked by a reporter if a "good Catholic" could vote for Trump, the pope
told reporters traveling with him back to the Vatican at the conclusion
of a trip to Cuba and Mexico.
"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be,
and not of building bridges, is not Christian. This is not the
gospel," As far as what you said about whether I would advise to vote or
not to vote, I am not going to get involved in that. I say only that
this man is not Christian if he said things like that. We must see if he
said things in that way and in this I give the benefit of the doubt."
In response, Donald Trump said in a statement ...
If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is
ISIS’s ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only
wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because
this would not have happened. ISIS would have been eradicated unlike
what is happening now with our all talk, no action politicians.
The Mexican government and its leadership has made many disparaging
remarks about me to the Pope, because they want to continue to rip off
the United States, both on trade and at the border, and they understand I
am totally wise to them. The Pope only heard one side of the story - he
didn’t see the crime, the drug trafficking and the negative economic
impact the current policies have on the United States. He doesn’t see
how Mexican leadership is outsmarting President Obama and our leadership
in every aspect of negotiation.
For a religious leader to question a person’s faith is disgraceful. I am
proud to be a Christian and as President I will not allow Christianity
to be consistently attacked and weakened, unlike what is happening now,
with our current President. No leader, especially a religious leader,
should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith. They
are using the Pope as a pawn and they should be ashamed of themselves
for doing so, especially when so many lives are involved and when
illegal immigration is so rampant.
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