4-16-26 BONUS LUNCH EP- Pope v Trump War Continues As Tucker Carlson Compares Trump To Antichrist!
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Rush Hour Podcast – Bonus Lunchtime Episode
The gloves are off in a global showdown as Donald Trump finds himself clashing once again with the Pope, who is now openly condemning the war and calling for immediate de-escalation. We break down the latest statements from the Vatican, the political fallout, and why this feud is escalating at a critical moment on the world stage.
Meanwhile, things take a bizarre turn as Pete Hegseth attempts to invoke scripture—only to quote a line that turns out to be straight from Pulp Fiction. Yes, seriously. We unpack the viral moment, how it happened, and why it's raising eyebrows about media literacy, political theater, and just how blurred the lines have become between pop culture and public discourse.
It's a packed bonus episode with sharp analysis, a few laughs, and the kind of chaos you won't hear anywhere else.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, it's Dave Neal here with a bonus lunchtime episode of the Rush Hour podcast. |
| 0:05.7 | It is Trump the Pope. The Pope speaks and condemns this unjust war, while Trump has now canceled funding for a Catholic charity. |
| 0:15.7 | Also, Pete Hagseth falsely quotes the Bible and he gets called out for it. |
| 0:21.3 | He's actually quoting a pulp fiction quote. |
| 0:23.8 | I'm going to get into it. |
| 0:25.0 | It's an absolute insane time to be alive. |
| 0:27.1 | And Tucker Carlson relates Donald Trump to the Antichrist. |
| 0:31.1 | Are you all caught up? |
| 0:32.1 | So there it is. |
| 0:33.3 | Pope Trump himself. |
| 0:34.7 | Of course, this was a photo Trump posted in the past. He then this week |
| 0:38.4 | posted a photo of him depicting himself as Jesus. Amid quarrel with the Pope, Trump strips Miami |
| 0:44.5 | charity of funding to house migrant kids. Now, Maga is saying, well, the Catholic Church doesn't |
| 0:50.8 | need the money anyway. Meanwhile, folks are saying, how petty can Trump be |
| 0:55.8 | that he'll use anything in his power to try to punish anybody who stands against him? We saw this |
| 1:01.8 | play out with Tim Walls in Minnesota, where Trump and J.D. Vance, they try to cut federal funding |
| 1:08.9 | to programs that help kids in the state of Minnesota, all because |
| 1:13.7 | they're standing against a tyrannical government. So Trump has canceled $11 million donation to |
| 1:20.3 | migrant housing. The move comes amid tensions with Pope Leo regarding issues such as migration and |
| 1:25.7 | the war in Iran. Now, this photo right here of Trump, you might remember, was a sort of a photo op. |
| 1:33.1 | June 1st of 2020, U.S. Secret Service agents used pepper spray and chemical irritants |
| 1:38.0 | to disperse protesters near St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. |
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