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Trump Is Not of Our Tribe, by Austin Ruse – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Grok (AI) image of "Pope Leo XIV and President Trump with boxing gloves on."

By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine, April 17, 2026

Austin Ruse is a contributing editor to Crisis Magazine. He is president of the Center for Family and Human Rights in New York and Washington DC. He is the author of several books including, Under Siege: No Finer Time to be a Faithful Catholic (Crisis Publications). He can be reached at austinruse@c-fam.org.

Christianity is not Trump’s native tongue. He does not know our language or our ways, and he does not understand that you cannot go after the pope.

RuseThe president seems to be surprised that Catholics of all stripes are rushing to defend Pope Leo from his odd attacks.

On Tuesday he went after Giorgia Meloni of Italy. She said his attacks on Leo were “unacceptable.” He said, “She’s unacceptable. She’s unacceptable because she doesn’t mind that Iran has a nuclear weapon and would blow up Italy in two minutes if they had the chance.”

He made a swipe at Riley Gaines of all people for criticizing his attacks on the pope. …