Wow, hello, everyone. I am JVL here with my friend Will Salatan from the bulwark. And guys, we're going to do something fun. We don't get to have a lot of fun around here.

President of the United States went on a heater last night and it began with an attack on the Pope and it ended up with a

truth social tweet in which he depicted himself as Christ Jesus the son of God.

That's that's not it. That's Sam. I understand Sam and him look a lot of like. There we go.

This is a real thing that happened in the year of our Lord, 26.

That is Trump Jesus or Jesus Trump, unclear as to who or which,

appearing to cure a man who is either dead or dying or maybe just sleeping,

maybe sick, while a bunch of adoring

white folks peer up at him.

And we're going to do a full breakdown on this unbelievable piece of blasphemy in a little bit.

But first, Will, this is like the movie trope, you know, record scratch freeze frame.

You're probably wondering how I wound up here.

And the answer is that 46 minutes before he posted that, the president put out a giant

attack on the head of the Catholic Church, the Holy Father, Pope Leo the 15th, or as I like to call him,

Bobby White Sox from Shytown, my boy, Robert Prevost. And this is what he, I won't read the

whole thing, but Pope Leo is weak on crime and terrible for foreign policy, etc., etc., etc.

He then starts talking about COVID.

Of course, he mentions his landslide victory in 2024 and the stock market, because why wouldn't he?

And then talks about Jesus and how weak Leo is on crime and how he's bad for the Catholic Church.

And also he says that Leo would never have been elected Pope if it hadn't been for him, Donald Trump.

Will, you are not of the Catholic persuasion. You're not a papist like me.

So how does this all strike you?

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