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'I have no fear': Pope Leo mocks Truth Social as he shrugs off Trump attack

Apr 13, 2026Far Left

Pope Leo XIV brushed off personal attacks by President Donald Trump over his pointed criticism of the war in Iran.The 79-year-old president responded to the 70-year-old pontiff's calls for peace by taking credit for his rise to the papacy and lambasting Leo as “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy" Sunday night. But the first U.S.-born pope told…

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