Trump gets brutal update amid Pope feud - Another Day - Brian Tyler Cohen

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BTC: The Pope criticizes Trump and since the president is such a man of faith, he responded by trashing the Holy Father. This is just another day.

Move over Iran. Donald Trump has a brand new enemy.

[cut to video from CBS Morning News]
Norah O’Donnell: President Trump is making headlines for bashing the Pope overnight. The president made comments following our 60 Minutes report showing how the soft-spoken Pope has become increasingly outspoken about the war in Iran. Here's the president talking to reporters outside Air Force One.

[cut to video]
Trump: And I'm not a big fan of Pope Leo. He's a very liberal person.

[return to CBS Morning News]
Norah O’Donnell: This morning, the Pope responded directly to the president's comments, saying in part, "Too many innocent people are being killed and I think someone has to stand up and say there's a better way to do this.”

[cut to studio]
BTC: A better way to do this? What? Like some sort of Iran nuclear deal? Sorry, Mr. Smarty Pants, but we already thought of that one. But here we are. Pop Leo calls for peace, and in return, the President of the United States calls the Pope a dick. Sometimes life just makes sense.

But what's even more galling than the President's words is that he's targeting a pretty special pope.

[cut to video from CBS Morning News]
Norah O’Donnell: Pope Leo the 14th is the first US-born pope, the American pope.

[cut to studio]
BTC: He's one of ours. If nothing else, this president should be rooting for the home team. Hell, if Trump changed his tune, we might get to see Pope Leo Americanize the shit out of the Vatican. You know, some stuffed crust communion wafers. He might even rock a pair of truck nuts on the back of his Popemobile. Look, all Trump has to do now is apologize and make things right.

[cut to video at White House from Fox News]
Reporter: {Will} you apologize?

Trump: No, I don't because Pope Leo said things that are wrong. Uh he was very much against what I'm doing with re with regard to Iran and you cannot have a nuclear Iran. Pope Leo would not be happy with the end result. You have hundreds of millions of people dead and it's not going to happen. So I can't uh I think he's very weak on crime.

[cut to studio]
BTC: Weak on crime. He is the pope, not the Vatican sheriff. That's like criticizing John Cena for being a shitty barista, not really his job.

Does anyone out there possibly have a non-pope related question?

[cut to video at White House from Fox News]
Reporter: Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ?

[cut to studio]
BTC: Look, I hate to get all woo woo here, but sometimes you have to just hit pause and reflect on where we are. It was only last week when the president of the United States threatened to commit war crimes by annihilating an entire civilization. Then this weekend, the president bashed the pope online. And now the supposed leader of the free world is genuinely being asked if he posted a picture of himself as Jesus Christ. And in case you missed that beautiful portrait.

[cut to video]
Unidentified: The president posted what appears to be an AI-generated image on Truth Social showing himself in robes posed as a Jesus-like figure healing a sick man.

[cut to video from CBS News]
White House Reporter: Seeming to depict President Trump as Jesus.

[cut to video]
Unidentified: Looking Jesus-like while putting his hand on the head of a man in a hospital bed.

[cut to video from CBS News Miami]
Unidentified: He appears to be as a Christlike figure.

[cut to studio]
BTC: So, Mr. President, did you post that picture?

[cut to video at White House from Fox News]
Trump: Well, it wasn't a picture. It was me. I I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with Red Cross as a Red Cross worker there, which we support. And uh only the fake news could come up with that one. So, I I had uh I just heard about it and I said, "How did they come up with that? It's supposed to be me as a doctor."

[cut to studio]
BTC: So that's what he's going with. Doctor, I guess this one would have been too simplistic. But sure, I can see it. You know, in the same way that this man is simply a bird trainer and this man works in the lumber yard. Donald, just fucking own it, dude. You have the balls to be that blasphemous, but don't have the balls to stand by it? I can't wait until later this week when Karoline Leavitt starts referring to her cross as a stethoscope.

And look, I know Donald Trump is completely full of shit but in a world where someone actually believes he's telling the truth, that he looks at this and sees doctor, is Donald Trump still the guy you want to have his finger on the button? Because I'd say his judgment might be just a tad off.

But here's the thing about Trump. This man does not apologize. He does not retract. He does not delete. So anyone who has a problem with his AI doctor better learn to deal with it.

[cut to video from Fox News]
JD Vance: The president was posting a joke and of course he took it down because he recognized that a lot of people weren't understanding uh his his humor in that case.

[cut to studio]
BTC: I'm sorry. He took it down because people didn't see the humor in it. According to this guy, that's a pretty pussy move.

[cut to video at SAVE America rally]
Trump: You know what woke means? It means you're a loser. Everything woke. [cheering] Everything woke. It's true. [applause] Everything woke turns to shit.

[cut to video at The Kennedy Center]
Trump: We ended the woke political programming.

[cut to video at SOTU address]
Trump: Our country will be woke no longer.

[cut to studio]
BTC: So sad to see someone taken down by the woke mob. The reality is it may not have been the greatest idea for conservatives to put their faith in a man who clearly only has faith in himself. And it's not just a bunch of lefty libs who warned about this. It was written in a pretty important piece of literature. In Matthew 7:15, it says, "Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves." Now, I'm no theologian, but that feels pretty spot-on to me. I mean, even this doctor could diagnose what's going on here. [image of AI Trump]

But here in lies the brilliance of Donald Trump. He is a wizard of marketing who has over and over again been able to market himself as something that he's not. He figured out how to sell himself as president who cares about the poor, but in reality, all he's done is give the wealthiest Americans over $4 trillion in tax cuts while at the same time doing this.

[cut to video]
Host: A new report from the Congressional Budget Office says millions of Americans could lose SNAP benefits due to expanded work requirements, included in the Trump administration's spending bill.

[cut to video from PBS News]
Host: That Congressional Budget Office estimate also found the bill would result in 11.8 million people losing health insurance by 2034.

[cut to video]
Host: Hundreds of organizations are bracing for potentially drastic cuts to programs that fund affordable housing, specifically for people who are homeless.

[cut to studio]
BTC: And he pulled this same marketing maneuver with evangelicals.

[cut to video of Trump Bible sale]
Trump: Religion is so important. It's so missing, but it's going to come back and it's going to come back strong, just like our country is going to come back strong.

All Americans need a Bible in their home. And I have many. It's my favorite book. It's a lot of people's favorite book.

[cut to studio]
BTC: Yes. Just like his intelligence briefings, the Bible is another immensely important document the president claims to have read, but clearly hasn't.

Once again, for what feels like the billionth time, Donald Trump has showcased how massively full of shit he is and how little he cares about anyone but himself. But that's not to say that he lies about everything. Sometimes, on a very rare occasion, I've heard this president tell the truth.

[cut to video on Air Force One]
Trump: I don't think there's anything going to get me in heaven, okay? I really I think I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I I'm going to be able to make heaven.

[cut to studio]
BTC: Have you ever heard of Trump saying he couldn't do something? The man holds clandestine crypto dinners, bulldozes half the White House before even getting approval, and uses the dignified transfer of American soldiers as an opportunity to fund raise and has now trashed the Pope and painted himself as Jesus. So, when he says he won't be getting into heaven, I'm inclined to believe him.