Trump’s Iran nuke claim about Pope Leo debunked by fact-checkers
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A CNN fact-check finds Trump’s assertion that Pope Leo XIV said Iran can have a nuclear weapon is false. Pope Leo has not endorsed Iran acquiring nuclear arms; in fact, he has repeatedly denounced nuclear weapons and called for disarmament and diplomacy, including commentaries on the Iran-Israel war. Trump’s claim misrepresents the pope’s positions and language.
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