Robert Jeffress just declared Trump a better Bible scholar than the Pope
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An evangelical pastor goes on Fox News and tells the audience that Donald Trump has 'a better understanding' of the Bible than the Pope — the first American-born pope in Catholic history. Robert Jeffress, who has previously called Roman Catholicism a 'counterfeit religion influenced by Satan,' is now the arbiter of biblical literacy. Trump amplified the clip on Truth Social. The kicker: Rubio was literally at the Vatican days earlier trying to repair the relationship.
Named pastor, named claim, documented hypocrisy, specific timeline — exactly the hypocrisy callout pillar. Different lane from the recent Trump/Pope piece which was foreign policy framing; this one is purely about the religious-right grift.
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Robert Jeffress went on Fox News and said Donald Trump has "a better understanding" of the Bible than Pope Leo XIV. The first American-born pope in history. A man who studied theology at Villanova, the Catholic Theological Union, and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Who now leads 1.4 billion Catholics. That guy. Less biblically literate than Donald Trump.
This is the same Robert Jeffress who has called Roman Catholicism a "counterfeit" religion influenced by Satan. So he's not exactly coming at this as a neutral observer. He's a longtime Trump ally who in 2017 told Fox News the Bible permitted Trump to use military force — up to and including assassination or starting a war with North Korea. Now he's citing Romans 13 to argue Trump is fulfilling God's mandate to protect the nation from evil-doers. Romans 13. The passage authoritarian governments have used to justify obedience to power for centuries. Used here to justify the guy in power.
Trump amplified the clip on Truth Social. Because of course he did. The kicker: Marco Rubio had just flown to the Vatican days earlier to smooth over months of Trump-Pope friction — including Trump calling the pope "weak on crime" and aligned with the "radical left." Rubio lands. Tries to patch things up. Jeffress gets on Fox within days and torches the whole repair job. Trump hits repost. This is not a faith tradition. It's a loyalty test.
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Trump has a better grasp of the Bible than the Pope, per a guy who called Catholicism a satanic counterfeit religion. #politics #church #trump #hypocrisy
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