Vatican Official Describes Pentagon Run-In With Trump Aides as 'Bullying' and 'Tense'
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A Vatican diplomat characterized a January Pentagon encounter with Trump administration officials and Cardinal Christophe Pierre as a tense, aggressive confrontation described as bullying, with U.S. officials allegedly insisting the U.S. military could act as it saw fit and pressing the pope to side with Trump. The disclosures follow reporting by The Free Press and The Pillar, prompting denials from the Trump camp and a counter-narrative from the Pentagon, while tensions between the Vatican and the Trump White House deepen amid Leo XIV’s criticisms of Trump’s policies.
- Vatican Sources Spill Secrets of MAGA Goons’ ‘Bullying’ The Daily Beast
- Vatican meeting at Pentagon was ‘unusual,’ a church official says The Washington Post
- Vatican officials downplay report of contentious Pentagon meeting The Independent
- Pentagon, White House Push Back on Alleged Remarks Made to Pope, Vatican Military.com
- Trump’s Pentagon Claims Vatican Meeting Was ‘Respectful’ After Report Claims It Threatened Church Forbes
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