Anthony Scaramucci

remarked, this is actually to a French diplomat, Pierre Laval, he remarked, it was precursor to the war, 1935, they were talking about the geopolitical footprint, the rise of Nazism.

And he said, what of the Pope?

He has no divisions.

He has no army.

Okay, and this was the pure real politic military material power argument.

But if you remember, and I'm sure you do, Winston Churchill then said, well, he doesn't have a number of legions that are always visible on parade.

All right, you remember that great remark by Churchill?

And I just want to point out that we've got 2,000 years left.

of continuity from the Catholic Church.

Soviet Union is gone.

Stalin is dead.

Pope John Paul II, who is rightly credited for help in rolling back the Iron Curtain and also delegitimizing, at least morally, the Soviet sense of communism.

I guess what I'm saying to you is that does this further hurt US prestige?

When I think of brand America globally,

Be the brand manager for America for a second.

Is that another chink in the image of America?

So I know this sounds sinister and it sounds strategic, but I believe that Trump is both sinister and way more strategic than people give him credit for.

Going after the Pope and picking Orthodox Easter to do it, okay, is another shot at Vance and it's another indirect shot at Rubio.

And let me explain why, okay?

Vance is now considered an Orthodox Catholic, right?