Anthony Scaramucci
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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?
Okay, he went to Francis's funeral.
He's met with the Pope, with Rubio.
There's pictures of them with their wives, with the papal audience.
Catholics represent 20% of the adults, and Vance is a Catholic, and he published a book on his conversion to the faith.
And any normal person would then rebuke what Donald Trump is saying, going after a religious leader like this and somebody that has Vance's supposed now Catholic identity.
But you know, and I know, that Vance is not going to say a word about this.
And for Trump and all of his narcissistic glory, he loves that.