Time has taught us to take with a pinch of salt, very pinch of salt, the statements of that insufferable liar that is Donald TrumpBut there is some truth in the aggressive and contemptuous words that the American President addressed to American Pope when he reproached him for his ingratitude for having forgotten that if Robert Francis Prevost he became Pope thanks to him.
There is some truth to the fact that the Trump effect influenced the election of the American Pope, but in reverse. According to reliable reconstructions by prelates well versed in Vatican secrets, it was precisely the awareness that Prevost was an American cardinal with a straight back and perfectly able to stand up to Trump to overcome the last hesitations of the conclave and to pave the way for the election of Leo XIVA Pope who has never bowed to Trump's arrogance and who even in recent days has demonstrated, on the occasion of the visit of the American Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, all her independence and her courage.
Leo XIV was cordial with Rubio but the rift between Trump and the Vatican has not been mended And the Pope did not give any electoral endorsement to the American Secretary of State. There is a detail, overlooked by most of the Italian press but reported yesterday by the French website LibreJournal.fr, which is worth more than a thousand words and which tells what the new Pope is made of. During his visit to the Vatican, Rubio invited Leo XIV to participate in the American Independence Day on July 4th. The Pontiff thanked him but declined the invitation saying: “That day I will be at Lampedusa“, the island of immigrants. Great Pope.
