President Donald Trump launched a direct and personal attack on Pope Leo XIV in a lengthy post on Truth Social, issuing a sweeping critique of the pontiff's views on war, crime and global politics. The remarks came after the pope publicly condemned the Iran conflict and Trump's aggressive rhetoric, setting off a rare and public confrontation between a sitting U.S. president and a pontiff. Trump's social media attack on Pope Leo Donald Trump accused the pope of weak leadership and poor judgment on global issues.