How the War & U.S. Blockade Affect What We Buy
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 83 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump, just not letting up on that rift with the Pope. |
| 0:06.5 | The lead starts right now. |
| 0:09.0 | New criticism from President Trump as he takes issue with words from the Pope, the man whose |
| 0:14.0 | literal job it is to preach world peace. |
| 0:17.0 | Ahead how Trump's criticism has divided even his base, a Republican senator will be here to discuss. |
| 0:23.0 | Plus, breaking news, a 20-year-old due in court accused of trying to kill OpenAI CEO Sam Altman |
| 0:29.8 | and set fire to his San Francisco home. |
| 0:32.9 | The AI writings that authorities say were behind this attack. |
| 0:36.7 | And sounds a little strange. |
| 0:38.3 | President Trump's response when CNN called him up and told him about one of his FEMA |
| 0:44.3 | officials telling stories about teleporting to Waffle House. |
| 0:53.3 | Welcome to lead. Unfil-Matingly, in for Jake Tapper. We start in our faith lead. For the third day in a row, President Donald Trump is criticized Pope Leo. He still faces political fallout for posting an AI-generated photo of himself as Jesus. But in a phone interview today with an Italian newspaper, Trump said, quote, he doesn't |
| 1:11.8 | understand and shouldn't be talking about war because he has no idea what's happening. The Pope, a few |
| 1:18.3 | hours ago, posted on X, quote, God's heart is torn apart by wars, violence, injustice, and lies, |
| 1:24.8 | but our father's heart is not with the wicked, the arrogant, |
| 1:27.8 | or the proud. God's heart is with the little ones and the humble. And with them, he builds up |
| 1:32.8 | his kingdom of love and peace day by day. While riled up in the interview related to the Pope, |
| 1:39.6 | President also criticized Italian Prime Minister, George Maloney, for calling his comments about the Pope unacceptable. |
| 1:47.0 | Trump saying, quote, it's her who's unacceptable because she doesn't care if Iran has a nuclear weapon |
| 1:52.8 | and would blow up Italy in two minutes if they had the chance. And no, you're not misremembering. |
| 1:58.8 | Trump typically compliments Maloney. Trump went on to slam her for Italy's lack of support in the U.S. war with Iran, saying, quote, I thought she was brave, but I was wrong. Maloney responded by defending her disagreements with the Trump administration, saying, quote, you also have to have the courage to say when you disagree. Well, Maloney is not the only Trump ally telling Trump they disagree. |
| 2:21.8 | Today, House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked what he thought when he saw the president's post depicting himself as Jesus. |
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