{"id":48845,"date":"2016-02-18T20:54:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T20:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=48845"},"modified":"2016-02-18T20:54:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T20:54:54","slug":"poping-the-trump-or-vice-versa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=48845","title":{"rendered":"Poping the Trump or vice versa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Camero<\/strong>n &#8212; happy to be a spectator at this particular game of ping pong ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Pope<\/strong> serves:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pope says Trump &#39;not Christian,&#39; Trump calls comment &#39;disgraceful&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mAl90B9Yfv\">https:\/\/t.co\/mAl90B9Yfv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Reuters Top News (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/700380342323126272\">February 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Trump<\/strong> returns the serve:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump says Pope will have &quot;wished and prayed&quot; I was president if ISIS attacks Vatican: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zcC2hDbAZx\">https:\/\/t.co\/zcC2hDbAZx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CxBA9r4FnH\">https:\/\/t.co\/CxBA9r4FnH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/700369686404292608\">February 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an excerpt from <strong>Emma Green<\/strong>&#8216;s account of the point-counterpoint in a piece titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2016\/02\/trump-v-francis\/463455\/\">Pope, Trump, Decline to Turn Other Cheek<\/a> at <strong>The Atlantic<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the gospel,\u201d he [Pope Francis] said, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Trump immediately hit back. \u201cIf and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS\u2019s ultimate trophy,\u201d he said in a statement on his website, \u201cI can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is perhaps noteworthy that one of the Bishop of Rome&#8217;s many titles is <strong>Supreme Pontiff<\/strong>, a pontiff being a bridge-builder. <strong>Robert Frost<\/strong>, on the other hand, only says, &#8220;Good fences make good neighbours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dan Scavino<\/strong>, from the <strong>Trump camp<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amazing comments from the Pope- considering Vatican City is 100% surrounded by massive walls. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g3iVLDVGe5\">pic.twitter.com\/g3iVLDVGe5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Scavino (@DanScavino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanScavino\/status\/700368610322206720\">February 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And from the <strong>Islamic State<\/strong> magazine, <strong>Dabiq<\/strong>, supporting Trump:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dabiq-4-cover-Vatican-with-IS-flag-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48851\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dabiq-4-cover-Vatican-with-IS-flag-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dabiq 4 cover Vatican with IS flag\" width=\"300\" height=\"404\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dabiq-4-cover-Vatican-with-IS-flag-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dabiq-4-cover-Vatican-with-IS-flag-1-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Inside the magazine, the words of <strong>Sheikh Adnani<\/strong> are repeated:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We will conquer your Rome, break your crosses, and enslave your women, by the permission of Allah, the Exalted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>OTOH:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/exYqYgpXeQ\">http:\/\/t.co\/exYqYgpXeQ<\/a> Swiss Guard: We are ready to defend Pope from ISIS <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vatican?src=hash\">#Vatican<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PopeFrancis?src=hash\">#PopeFrancis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ISIS?src=hash\">#ISIS<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/uqd6WZN63l\">pic.twitter.com\/uqd6WZN63l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cnalive\/status\/570152439036256256\">February 24, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s the always quotable <strong>Hend Amry<\/strong>, who puts the question to us all in the form of a <strong>DoubleQuote<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pick a side. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UuGtsEBw5D\">pic.twitter.com\/UuGtsEBw5D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LibyaLiberty\/status\/700379490011213824\">February 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And here&#8217;s another <strong>DQ<\/strong>, this one from <strong>Mike O&#8217;Loughlin<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump: &quot;I&#39;m a good Christian.&quot; Pope Francis: &quot;I am a sinner.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UJ76YQTl6t\">https:\/\/t.co\/UJ76YQTl6t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael O&#39;Loughlin (@MikeOLoughlin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeOLoughlin\/status\/692131097526833157\">January 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Finally &#8212; <strong>finally<\/strong>! &#8212; there&#8217;s always this to consider, from the <strong>New York Time<\/strong>s of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/29\/us\/politics\/obama-trump-francis-clinton-yousafzai-most-admired-gallup-poll.html?smid=tw-nytimes&#038;smtyp=cur\">December 28th<\/a> last year:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Americans named President Obama and Hillary Clinton as the most admired man and woman in the world, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday, with Donald Trump tying Pope Francis as the second most admired man.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We do indeed live in interesting times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; happy to be a spectator at this particular game of ping pong ] . The Pope serves: Pope says Trump &#39;not Christian,&#39; Trump calls comment &#39;disgraceful&#39; https:\/\/t.co\/mAl90B9Yfv &mdash; Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 18, 2016 Trump returns the serve: Trump says Pope will have &quot;wished and prayed&quot; I was president [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48845"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48858,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48845\/revisions\/48858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}