{"id":2429967,"date":"2025-05-01T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T23:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-his-1st-choice-for-pope-and-its-a-gut-punch-to-liberal-catholics-he-wants-himself\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T19:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T23:39:50","slug":"trump-announces-his-1st-choice-for-pope-and-its-a-gut-punch-to-liberal-catholics-he-wants-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-his-1st-choice-for-pope-and-its-a-gut-punch-to-liberal-catholics-he-wants-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Announces His 1st Choice for Pope, and It&#8217;s a Gut-Punch to Liberal Catholics &#8211; He Wants Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-announces-his-1st-choice-for-pope-and-its-a-gut-punch-to-liberal-catholics-he-wants-himself%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2429967&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a lighthearted commentary, a piece reflects on President Donald Trump&#8217;s humorous suggestion that he would like to be the next Pope, jokingly calling himself &#8220;Pope Donald I.&#8221; This remark came during a press interaction where Trump was asked about his preferred successor to Pope Francis. While he initially made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snls-sickening-clown-abortion-sketch-and-the-truth-it-reveals\/\" title=\"SNL\u2019s Sickening Clown Abortion Sketch And The Truth It Reveals\">comedic comment<\/a> about wanting the position, he later shifted to a more serious note, mentioning Cardinal Timothy Dolan from New York as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">potential candidate<\/a>. the article also discusses Cardinal Robert Sarah as a conservative favorite for the papacy, emphasizing the differing opinions on what direction the Catholic Church should take following Pope Francis&#8217;s tenure. Ultimately, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">author playfully urges<\/a> the cardinals to consider Trump&#8217;s candidacy, imagining the excitement of &#8220;papal rallies&#8221; and other flamboyant aspects of a Trump-led papacy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>To the Catholic cardinals who will soon gather in conclave to choose the next Pope: Please make this happen.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want full churches? What about coffers overflowing, thanks to tax cuts for all your new parishioners? Then please give us Pope Donald I.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, when asked by a reporter to identify his first choice as successor to the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pope-francis-cause-death-revealed-not-pneumonia-respiratory-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pope Francis<\/a>, President Donald Trump, with characteristically flawless comedic timing, named himself.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to be Pope. That would be my number one choice,&rdquo; Trump joked in a clip posted to the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>To her credit, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-reporters-heated-clash-with-kjp-that-was-removed-due-to-technical-glitch-white-house-claims\/\" title=\"White House claims technical glitch removed fiery clash between ... and KJP.\">unidentified female reporter<\/a> who asked the question sounded as if she laughed.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, I don&rsquo;t know. I have no preference,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-approves-executive-order-for-sanctions-on-myanmar-officials-in-response-to-military-coup\/\" title=\"Biden Approves Executive Order For Sanctions On Myanmar Officials In Response To Military Coup\">president continued<\/a>, adopting a more serious tone.<\/p>\n<p>Then, he gave a plug for one of his hometown clergymen.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I must say we have a cardinal who happens to be out of a place called New York who&rsquo;s very good,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/terrible-poll-dems-100-days-media-nuking-trump-still-beat-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> added. &ldquo;So we&rsquo;ll see what happens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128518;&rdquo;I&rsquo;d like to be Pope.&rdquo; &ndash; President Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WZavhJrKIa\">pic.twitter.com\/WZavhJrKIa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1917293953566609419?\">April 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7281477\/trump-pope-francis-conclave-cardinal-dolan-american-catholic-church-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time Magazine<\/a>, the president referred to 75-year-old Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York. Trump and Dolan have exchanged friendly words in the past.<\/p>\n<p>While Dolan appears to stand little chance of serving as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/multiple-favorites-emerge-secretive-conclave-begins-replace-pope-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">next Pope<\/a>, a potential conservative favorite has emerged.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/meet-candidate-pope-give-liberals-everywhere-panic-attack-please-god-let-someone-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cardinal Robert Sarah<\/a>, 79, from the West African nation of Guinea, would infuse the papacy with much-needed traditionalism and humility.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, after years of Francis&rsquo; hypocritical virtue-signaling on illegal immigration while safely ensconced behind Vatican walls, conservatives would rejoice at the elevation of Sarah, who once referred to Europe&rsquo;s mass migration problem as an act of &ldquo;self-destruction.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic cardinals, of course, will decide that serious question.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, one can dream of &ldquo;Make Catholicism Great Again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, leave it to users on X to employ artificial intelligence to help us picture exactly how that would look. If the following phony-but-funny image of &ldquo;Pope Donald I&rdquo; does not make your day, then nothing will:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&rsquo;d fully support this. &#128175;&#128175;&#129315;&#129315;&#129315;&#129315; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LPmkl7w6Uf\">pic.twitter.com\/LPmkl7w6Uf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sputnik (@VasBroughtToX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VasBroughtToX\/status\/1917291484006564355?\">April 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thus, I say again to the cardinals: please make this happen!<\/p>\n<p>Who would oppose papal rallies? Or papal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-notches-shockingly-low-golf-score-win-tournament-just-8-days-taking-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">golf outings<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Who would object to the masses at Saint Peter&rsquo;s Basilica opening with commentary on the size of the congregation?<\/p>\n<p>Above all, who would ignore Pope Donald I&rsquo;s Catholic Church?<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Would you like to see packed churches? How about increased donations from new parishioners benefiting from tax cuts? Then we need Pope Donald I. On Tuesday, when a reporter asked him who he would choose as the successor to the late Pope Francis, President Donald Trump humorously suggested himself, saying, \u201cI\u2019d like to be Pope. That would be my number one choice,\u201d in a clip shared on X. The female reporter who posed the question seemed to laugh in response.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Trump shifted his tone and stated he had no specific preference but mentioned Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York as a notable candidate. While Dolan may not have strong prospects for becoming Pope, Cardinal Robert Sarah from Guinea has emerged as a potential conservative favorite known for his traditional views.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it will be up to the Catholic cardinals to make this important decision. In the meantime, one can fantasize about &#8220;Making Catholicism Great Again.&#8221; Users on X have even used AI to create amusing images of &#8220;Pope Donald I,&#8221; which are sure to entertain.<\/p>\n<p>So once again, I urge the cardinals: please make this happen! Who wouldn&#8217;t enjoy papal rallies or golf outings? Who could resist attending services at Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica with commentary on attendance numbers? Above all else, who could overlook Pope Donald I&#8217;s version of the Catholic Church?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2429968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-vs-Pope-Francis-2020.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50410,54447,5894,9592,3634],"class_list":["post-2429967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-controversy-2","tag-liberal-catholics","tag-politics","tag-pope","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-vs-Pope-Francis-2020.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2429967"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2429971,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429967\/revisions\/2429971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2429968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2429967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2429967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2429967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}