#1151 - Donald Trump vs. Pope Leo Explained in 3 "Internet Rules"
The Counsel of Trent
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump and Pope Leo the 14th have been sparring recently over the ongoing war in Iran. |
| 0:05.0 | So in today's episode, we're going to use three OG rules of browsing the internet from an old Usenet group in the 90s to help navigate this conflict. |
| 0:13.0 | Now, there's about 50 rules on this list. So in today's episode, I'm only going to cover three of them related to this controversy. |
| 0:20.0 | Starting with rule number 12, anything you say |
| 0:22.5 | can and will be used against you. This is also called the internet is forever. So if you're going |
| 0:28.1 | to say something online, you should probably put some thought into it because even if you delete it, |
| 0:32.6 | the internet is forever. But that's not Trump's posting philosophy, as he often has his aides type away |
| 0:38.2 | whatever he dictates on the spot. And recently, that's gotten him into trouble with even his most |
| 0:42.5 | loyal allies after he criticized the Pope, calling him weak, among other insults, and then posted |
| 0:48.0 | this image of himself, dressed in a white tunic and a red robe, healing someone by placing |
| 0:53.0 | his hand on him him surrounded by adoring |
| 0:54.7 | onlookers. I don't know about you, but it looks like President Trump being depicted as Jesus Christ. |
| 1:00.8 | Trump later deleted the post and said he thought it was a depiction of him as a Red Cross doctor. |
| 1:06.4 | Mr. President, did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ? Well, it wasn't a picture. |
| 1:11.6 | It was me. |
| 1:12.6 | I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with Red Cross as a |
| 1:18.6 | Red Cross worker there, which we support. |
| 1:20.6 | And only the fake news could come up with that one. |
| 1:24.6 | So I had just heard about it and I said, how did they come up with that?. So I had, I just heard about it. And I said, how do they come up with that? |
| 1:30.9 | It's supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better. And I do make people better. I make people |
| 1:36.0 | a lot better. Sure. That makes sense. Except for the fact that the most recognizable symbol of the |
| 1:42.5 | Red Cross, you know, the Red Cross, |
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