JD Vance reacts to report US official issued threat to Vatican ambassador

"According to the report, also backed up by independent reporter Christopher Hale, who writes the Letters from Leo Substack, a closed-door meeting between Vatican and Pentagon officials took place in January.

U.S. officials were reported to have lectured the Catholic Church representatives, with one official reaching for a 14th century weapon and invoking the Avignon Papacy—a period of time when the French monarchy used military force to bend the Bishop of Rome to its wishes.

“America has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world," Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby and his colleagues told the cardinal, per the FP. "The Catholic Church had better take its side.”

Vatican officials were reportedly so shocked that this caused a planned visit by the first American pope to be canceled."

Think we have to acknowledge that this presidency isn't going to leave peacefully or cede power in the midterms. The first go around with Jan. 6th, Trump was still kind of unsure of himself and hadn't accrued as many powerful idiots in his corner. Funny to see Pete talking today about how horrible Iran leadership is in reference to the killing of 30,000 protesters, and don't get me wrong the guys a monster for that, but Trump over the weekend even admitted to arming them. I'm just not so sure that Trump and the DOD and DHS would most definitely fire on a bunch of protesters and make a whole event of it if they would take arms from a foreign government to rise up against them. I guess I grew up already thinking "the world is a lot of grey area of good guys/bad guys" to now it just feeling like definitely are. Obviously love to see a free Iran, but being taken over by assholes just as monstrous isn't gonna do anyone any good.