In a continuous digital showdown between the White House and the Pope, President Donald J. Trump has launched another attack on Leo XIV, labeling the first-ever American pontiff a "hyper-liberal" partisan whose past social media activity undermines his credibility on the world stage.
The clash comes as the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran is held by a fragile ceasefire. The conflict led the Pope to repeatedly condemn it as "atrocious" and "inhuman."
Following Monday's night tweets, late Tuesday President Trump once again retweeted, this time, a viral post from influencer KanekoaTheGreat. The post featured "receipts" from the Pope’s deleted X account under his birth name, Robert Prevost.
The screenshots reveal that before his May 2025 election, the Chicago-born Cardinal was a vocal critic of the "America First" movement, frequently trashing Trump and JD Vance over immigration and border policies. Advocating for "open borders" and stricter gun control. Promoting COVID-19 vaccines and climate change petitions.
The account, @drprevost, was abruptly deleted the day he was elected to the Papacy.
"The account was deleted the day he was elected," the post noted, implying a strategic scrub of his political past.
