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Iran stance Donald Trump has issued a fresh verbal attack against Pope Leo XIV, accusing
Trump on Tuesday [accused the pope of supporting nuclear weapons](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/pope-leo-rejects-claim-he-supports-nuclear-weapons-trump-tirade-iran-war) and “endangering a lot of Catholics’’ with his stance against the Iran war, in the latest attack by the US president
stance, his repeated criticisms of Israel’s war in Gaza and his [stinging rebukes of Trump’s attacks on Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/06/pedro-sanchez-spain-european-leader-take-on-trump). Leo’s presence will boost that profile further. A full-page advert
Leo has responded to attacks by US President Donald Trump, saying he hoped to be able to preach the Gospel and about peace, but anyone was free to criticise him. In his latest remarks about
attacks on the pope in recent weeks, drawing a backlash from Christian leaders across the political spectrum. On Monday, Trump wrongly suggested that Leo believed it was acceptable for Iran to obtain nuclear weapons
attacks](/video/newsfeed/2026/5/6/us-president-trump-restarts-pope-feud-ahead-of-rubio-visit-to-vatican) on Pope Leo. Meloni had previously positioned herself as one of Trump’s closest allies in Europe, promoting strong transatlantic ties and acting as a bridge between Washington and other European capitals
stance on the Iran war, saying his early remarks had been mischaracterised. “Well, I don’t think that’s an accurate description of what he said,” Rubio told reporters on Tuesday when asked about Trump
Leo](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/g-s1-118595/middle-east-war-updates#Three) --- ## **Witkoff and Kushner travel to Pakistan for Iran talks** White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, speaking on Fox News on Friday, said President Trump was dispatching Witkoff and Kushner to Islamabad
Leo, whom he called weak on crime and “terrible for foreign policy” in a lengthy social media post on Sunday. He did, however, delete a post of an AI image depicting himself as a Jesus
Trump, which Abascal admires. By contrast, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose government recently opened a path for at least 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers to regularise their status, had every reason