To be totally outraged at photo of Trump as Pope

Is anyone else reading into the red lightsaber possibly a bit too much.

Here is today’s offering

I’m not offended by the abuse and cover up I’m angry. As I said in one post Pope Francis (and no Catholic is above reproach in regard to abuse). I have also recently made a complaint about a priest wrong doing (not abuse. It very upsetting).

A lot of people stopped believing in Catholicism or God with the abuse. Completely understandable whether or not you were directly affected.

It doesn’t stop me finding this offensive as well. (I’m not saying it should be banned it is part of free speech.)

Exactly this. It's one thing for Uncle Bob to play about with AI and post that photo in the family WhatsApp group. Maybe the family find it funny. But the President of the United States doing it publicly is an entirely different thing.

People who are saying its not a big deal or not offensive have lost their minds. He is a US president, ffs, and is posting this crazy shit?

In other news, one of the "senators" in the Land of The Brain Free posted that Vatican should consider Trump as a new Pope as it will be a great idea. Even as a joke, its so weird and crazy.

He’s bringing the office of POTUS into disrepute and I don’t understand why so many so called patriotic Americans seem to think that is absolutely OK.

Religion is irrelevant. If he dressed up as King Charles , with ermine robes , crown , orb and sceptre you'd just think ' oh that's just Trump being an arsehole as usual. But not if he did it the week after Charles' funeral. This is the behaviour of a psychopath.

And he said something about how he’s like that job a couple of weeks ago, didn’t he?

He’s an utter bastard.

I think we have to remember that he isn’t just a deranged lunatic. This is all done on purpose. He has a big team behind him and they are planning every step of the way. They want to continue with this stuff in order to erode our sense of shock over time, so we get used to it. Then when he does the REALLY shocking stuff that he’d like to do, it will cause less of an impact. I think he’d like to do a Putin and get rid of democracy altogether.

I'm an Atheist and even I was "wtf" when I saw it. The man is an absolute bellend who shouldn't be running a bath without adult supervision, let alone a country.

It is tacky beyond belief and totally lacking in taste, but then that's Fat Donny all over isn't it.

I’m not typically a fan of the Catholic Church wot wiv all the paedophile harbouring so find it quite funny

This. Why are Catholics not offended by the disgusting and criminal behaviour of their church but offended by this?! They will complain about Trump's disgraceful behaviour but continue to attend their shameful organisation.

And I say this as someone from a Catholic family.

Is he Mr Benn?

It was posted by him and shared by the official White House social media accounts.

It’s offensive, sure, but personally I’d save my outrage for the Catholic church and the untold number of children sexually abused under its auspices.

I saw the picture but assumed it was done by someone anti-Trump to make a point. Was this actually sanctioned by him? If so that is horrendous. I'm not a Catholic but find it offensive

He is beyond grotesque. One of my gay friends has always found him very camp. Back when he was running against Hillary he said : 'Trump comes across as a Trojan horse , always with the macho posturing.'
Perhaps the world would be a safer place if he could just go and play with his dressing up box in the twilight of his years.

But the White House rejected any suggestion that the Republican president was making fun of the papacy.
"President Trump flew to Italy to pay his respects to Pope Francis and attend his funeral, and he has been a staunch champion for Catholics and religious liberty," said press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

2 things can be true - you can go to a funeral to pay respects and you can make fun of the papacy.

A mature adult in a position of responsibility like this would not do this.
He is not going to gain support but he is likely to lose support from people.

So why do it?

I posted above about not being offended as a Catholic. I am now though offended and hurt by the responses when challenged. If you know something you have done has upset someone else or offended or very upset apologise.
PBS
from catholic Bishops in New York

“There is nothing clever or funny about this image, Mr. President,” they wrote. “We just buried our beloved Pope Francis and the cardinals are about to enter a solemn conclave to elect a new successor of St. Peter. Do not mock us.”

Response from white house
President Trump flew to Italy to pay his respects for Pope Francis and attend his funeral, and he has been a staunch champion for Catholics and religious liberty

JD Vance - met the Pope and being in Rome at Easter would have known how Catholics were feeling
Vice President JD Vance, who is Catholic and was one of the last foreign officials to meet with Francis before the pope died, also joked about Secretary of State Marco Rubio becoming pope, suggesting Rubio could add it to the long list of titles he holds, including national security adviser and acting archivist.

Pope Francis and the church have many failings but he was an incredible man

He's a pathetic excuse for a man. Pope Francis was everything Trump isn't. So disrespectful but what can you expect after he posted the trump gaza AI film.

I’m not sure it would be ok if he was an atheist.

Many of the evangelicals think that the pope is the anti christ.

If he were a atheist it would be one thing, but he professes himself to be a Christian.

I don't think it would crack the top 1,000 of worst things he's done tbh.

I am not Catholic but I find it really distasteful. The Pope has just died so he knows this is going to be offensive and yet did it anyway. I don't think he would try to claim he deserves the role of Pope in the same way he thinks he is entitled to Greenland or Gaza, but there is something dangerously narcissistic about him.