Catholic Jd Vance Weighs In On Trump’s ‘jesus Doctor’ Photo And His Feud With Pope Leo

Vice President JD Vance said that a now-deleted post shared by President Donald Trump, successful which nan commander-in-chief appears to beryllium dressed arsenic Jesus, was a “joke.” ​

Trump shared nan wide condemned picture, which shows him clothed successful achromatic robes and placing a glowing manus connected a sick patient, soon aft blasting Pope Leo XIV connected Truth Social.

In a lengthy post, nan president claimed that nan pope was “WEAK” connected crime and tore into nan pontiff’s disapproval of nan U.S.’s warfare pinch Iran. ​

Vance, who converted to Catholicism successful 2019, told Fox News’ Special Report With Bret Baier on Monday that nan president’s station was “a joke.” ​

“And, of course, he took it down because he recognized that a batch of group weren’t knowing his joke successful that case,” he said. “I deliberation nan president of nan United States likes to operation it up connected societal media.”​

Vance added that it was “good” that Trump is “not filtered.”

“I surely deliberation that, successful immoderate cases, it would beryllium champion for nan Vatican to instrumentality to matters of morality,” Vance said. “To instrumentality to matters of, you know, what’s going connected successful nan Catholic Church and fto nan president of nan United States instrumentality to dictating American nationalist policy.”

When asked astir Trump’s declare that nan Pope was “catering to nan Radical Left,” Vance said that Trump has nan “prerogative” to group nan country’s migration policy.

​“He has to look retired for nan interests of nan United States of America,” he added. ​

Vance was shredded connected societal media for his comments, pinch journalist John Harwood claiming connected X that nan Trump management is “not willing successful matters of morality.”

​“Glad nan Vice President clarified that he doesn’t deliberation waging warfare is simply a matter of morality,” governmental commentator Jon Favreau wrote connected X. ​

Writer Polly Sigh took purpose astatine Vance’s upcoming memoir astir his conversion to Catholicism. ​

“Spoken conscionable for illustration a clone Catholic who confused a Methodist religion pinch a Catholic 1 connected nan screen of his book,” she wrote connected X.

Vance was 1 of nan last world leaders to meet pinch Pope Francis earlier his death.

The vice president had antecedently cited nan conception of ordo amoris to warrant his administration’s deportation policies, while Pope Francis asserted his ain mentation of nan theological thought successful an open letter.

Trump’s scathing Truth Social station came a week aft nan current pope described nan president’s claim that an “entire civilisation will die” successful nan warfare pinch Iran arsenic “unacceptable.”​

The Pope had besides suggested, without naming Trump aliases nan warfare pinch Iran directly, that a “delusion of omnipotence” was fueling conflicts astir nan world. ​

On Truth Social, nan president claimed that he liked nan Pope’s relative “much better” and suggested that, without his ain predetermination successful 2024, nan Pope “wouldn’t beryllium successful nan Vatican.”

​Shortly aft uploading that post, nan president shared nan image of himself successful a achromatic robe, bathed successful ray and placing his manus connected a sick man’s face. ​

A nurse, a soldier, a man successful azygous and a praying female are each seated astir nan patient’s bedside successful nan image, while a immense U.S. flag, a brace of bald eagles, and a trio of subject planes alert overhead. ​

Responding to the Truth Social tirade, nan Pope said that he has “no fearfulness of nan Trump administration” and that he did not want to statement Trump connected nan issue.

​Trump has since claimed that nan image depicts him arsenic a doctor “making group better,” and has since deleted nan picture.