Welcome back to Shemis Popery. I'm Joe Heschmire, and this Easter season has been a wild one for American Catholics,

particularly in terms of the clash of church and state. On Easter Sunday morning, President Trump tweeted to the Iranians,

threatening to attack power plants and bridges, and to open the bleeping straight, or they would be living in hell,

signing off with a mocking mocking praise be to Allah.

Now, former Trump supporters like Tucker Carlson quickly jumped on this and called it out as a

mockery not only of Islam, but also Christianity.

No, this is a mockery not just of Islam, it's a mockery of Christianity.

To send out a tweet with the F word on Easter morning promising the murder of civilians and then saying praise be to Allah without explaining any of it.

You are mocking me and every other Christian because we're Christians.

And on Divine Mercy Sunday, the Octave Day of Easter, President Trump attacked Pope Leo the 14th, claiming he was weak on crime and saying that he doesn't want a pope who criticizes the president

of the United States because Trump says he's doing what he was elected to do, the crime is down,

and the stock market is up. Just a few hours later, he then followed this up by tweeting out an

image of himself as if he was Jesus, healing the sick. Now, this time, the outcry from Christians was so strong

that Trump actually took it down eventually.

Offering as an explanation, this.

Mr. President, did you post that picture of yourself

depicted as Jesus Christ?

Well, it wasn't depicted.

It was me.

I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor

and had to do with Red Cross as a Red Cross worker there, which we support.

Right.

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