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Iran war. The uproar over Trump's lengthy social media attack on the first American pope, as too liberal and too "weak on crime", together with the AI image, have crystallised a shift in opinion
Iran, refusing to participate directly as questions remain over whether the initial attack that killed the country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was legal under international law. That prompted Trump to compare Starmer to Neville
attacks on Iran. Trump exploded on social media later that night in a lengthy post on Truth Social, [calling](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/13/donald-trump-pope-leo) the pope “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy” and claiming that
opinion”. “Why do we want to have a fight with the pope?” Kennedy continued. “It’s a distraction. And the press just sucks it up like a Hoover Deluxe [vacuum cleaner].” Kennedy’s latest interview
opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Monday. There is no public evidence linking Iran directly to Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks against
Opinion polls in the US and Europe say the war is deeply unpopular. But widespread anger against the Iran war has failed to turn into mass street protests, such as during Israel’s genocidal
attack Iran, and the subsequent spike in oil and gas prices, are the latest sources of heartburn for Republicans who [were already feeling queasy](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/29/iran-war-trump-gop-midterms-prices-00849116) about public opinion that has turned against Trump
American corporate media, but this kind of incident is not rare,” said right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson, a former Trump ally. “The Israeli government has permitted its soldiers to behave like barbarians for decades
American pope are also playing a role in how the exchange is being interpreted by the public. The recent [back and forth started](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/06/nx-s1-5773147/pope-leo-calls-for-peace-and-an-end-to-world-conflicts-in-first-easter-mass) with Leo's calling for peace in response
opinion, is not very realistic,” he was quoted as saying. Iran has [threatened to strike back](/news/2026/5/1/iran-vows-long-painful-response-if-us-renews-attacks) if the US renews attacks, including on US assets in neighbouring Gulf countries. On Friday, United Arab Emirates
attacks on Pope Leo XIV intensifying the concerns. Relations between the two allies have been bruised by Trump’s public criticism of Britain’s refusal to back military action against Iran. In recent weeks
American terrorists”. Since then, it has struck US military assets and infrastructure across the Gulf region. Some experts said Iranian officials negotiating with the US are more closely aligned with the IRGC than other leaders
attacks. The Iranian regime is also likely to respond by pressuring its proxy Houthi allies in Yemen to close the Bab al-Mandab shipping lane between the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, which would cause
American to head the Catholic church and the first cleric from the Augustinian order, who this week visited the modern Algerian city where Saint Augustine once lived. For Leo, who wrote his doctoral thesis
Iran has caused a fuel crisis and spiked global prices, while the [increasing energy appetite of new AI datacenters has put more pressure](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-consumers-face-rising-electricity-prices-despite-clean-power-savings--reeii-2026-04-28/) on power supplies. As energy costs and consumption continue
American forces were likely responsible for hitting the school unintentionally but had not reached a final conclusion. Asked a series of questions by the BBC about the strike and the accusations of a lack
attack we made with the B-2 bombers,” he said, referring to US strikes in [June last year](/news/2025/6/22/us-joins-israel-in-attacks-against-iran-strikes-key-nuclear-sites). A deal, he added, could come “over the weekend”. Trump said he would consider travelling
American people first, never allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon”. But it is unclear whether US President Donald Trump will accept the Iranian proposal to push back nuclear negotiations. Speaking to Fox News