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4.3 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The escalating feud between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV intensified after Trump posted an AI-generated image on Truth Social depicting himself as a Jesus-like figure. The post came shortly after Trump blasted Pope Leo XIV, calling him “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy” for criticizing U.S. military actions against Iran. Trump later deleted the image, telling reporters, “I thought it was me as a doctor,” and claiming it was meant to depict him as a Red Cross worker. Meanwhile, the U.S. has imposed a military blockade of Iranian ports along the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off Iran’s ability to export oil and generate revenue, after weekend peace talks in Pakistan collapsed without a deal. Additionally, Rep. Eric Swalwell is now facing serious legal trouble, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office has opened a criminal investigation into sexual assault allegations made by a former staffer, and Swalwell has since announced his resignation from Congress.

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0:00.0	You just heard the news.
0:02.6	Now you'll find out what it all means.
0:05.6	It's Mark Simone on 710 W-O-R.
0:14.5	Hey, we'll get to President Trump as Jesus.
0:18.4	We'll get to Eric Swalwell.
0:20.6	We'll get to Hassan Piker. We'll get to Hassan Piker.
0:22.8	We'll get to Iran, Mondani, Bruce Blakeman.
0:26.8	We may have a Hillary Clinton problem.
0:29.8	We'll get to that coming up.
0:31.5	Lots to get to today, important stuff.
0:34.7	President Trump is finished.
0:43.5	It's over. He's destroyed himself with the picture of Jesus,
0:51.5	with the attack on the Pope. This is what you're actually believing if you watch Morning Joe and the fake news. i was watching morning jo scream for an hour about
0:56.6	attacking the pope starting a feud with the pope nobody has ever had a fight with the pope
1:02.4	it's unheard of you can't uh hey i hate to remind you but donald trump did this about eight
1:09.6	years ago with the other pope.
1:12.0	He doesn't, he's done it before.
1:14.0	It's all going to be forgotten about, you know, about four weeks.
1:17.5	Nobody's going to remember this.
1:19.1	He's had fights with popes before.
1:21.7	It doesn't affect anything.
1:23.4	You remember at the time, actually it was about 10 years ago.
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