Trump 'determined to pursue peace' after Pope meeting

[ucrdem]

Source: BBC

US President Donald Trump has said he is "more determined than ever" to pursue peace in the world after meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican.

He was granted a short private audience with the head of the Catholic Church on the latest leg of his overseas trip.
The two men have in the past clashed on issues such as migration, climate change and a Mexico-US wall.
Mr Trump is now in Brussels for talks with Nato and EU officials.

He will also hold meetings with Belgium's King Philippe and Prime Minister Charles Michel.

After the meeting between President Trump and the Pope, the Vatican said there had been an "exchange of views" on international issues.
Mr Trump, who BBC Europe editor Katya Adler says seemed star-struck, said of the Pope: "He is something, he's really good. We had a fantastic meeting and we had a fantastic tour, it was really beautiful. We're liking Italy very much... it was an honour to be with the Pope."

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40023725

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note to hosts: this is a recent after-report bearing what appears to be new news.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. I just can't bring myself to believe that he really means it...

[ucrdem]

2. Oh he probably means it today

and tomorrow he'll mean something else

[Thor_MN]

18. Given his attention span, the thought was gone before he was out of the building...

[Initech]

3. After he just armed the worst country on earth and tried to provoke Kim Jong Un? Yeah right!

Trump is like this guy:

[ucrdem]

5. I get the feeling he was looking for a pep talk

and after a stern word or two that's probably what he got.

[Perseus]

4. What a clown

A movie about the 100+ days of this presidency could never be made as a serious movie, no matter how hard the writers and directors tried, it would come out as a comedy.

[Doitnow]

6. Well, be can bring peace of mind to the millions of people right here in the US

by refusing to sign any kind of horrible Trumpcare the reThugs come up with for a start and then take back all the executive orders he's put out. ---So easy, but none of it will ever happen. His whole life is turmoil and he thinks that is what peace is.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

7. So now he's lied to the Pope

Face to face, and is so proud he makes the lie known to all.

[LOL Lib]

9. Jim Baker will ask Jesus to forgive Drumpf

[LOL Lib]

8. Sure, well here's the formula...

Step 1. Resign
Step 2. Give every last cent in the Drumpf coffers to the poor.
Step 3. Do your best impression of Bud Dwyer.

[Solly Mack]

10. Fart noises

[JenniferJuniper]

11. Wait a few minutes and

Vlad the Poisoner will set him straight.

[madaboutharry]

12. Give it a day and something else will grab his attention.

[SergeStorms]

13. Yeah, right.

We can TOTALLY believe Trump, because he's so honest and trustworthy! If you can't trust Donald Trump.........well, you just can't trust ANYONE!

[keithbvadu2]

14. The Donald wants peace so badly that he tells our enemies (his bff Putin) where our submarines are.

[MedusaX]

15. *45 thought the Pope was encouraging him to pursue a PIECE of World Class A$$.. not world PEACE...

[SeattleVet]

16. Oh, he'll pursue peace, all right...

and grasp it around the throat and beat it into submission, if he every catches it.

[Vinca]

17. He meant "pursue piece."

Maybe Billy Bush's bus is available.

[El Supremo]

24. You got that right! n/m

[Doreen]

19. I just started laughing harder than I have for a long time.

I call a truckload of bullshit.

[QC]

20. His position on any issue is that of the last person he spoke to.

He seems really impressionable.

[mahina]

21. I don't think he even knows what peace is. It's not just absence of war, but social justice.

He can start with ending his war on the United States and our people.

Please.


Now.

[iluvtennis]

22. Another LIE. Dumpty wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the butt. nt

[Cha]

23. Yeah right.. LIAR.

ucr

[ucrdem]

28. heya Cha!

Don't worry, I'm under no illusions about Mr T, but if the pope found a way of turning his present crisis into a teachable moment, it can't hurt. We're all a heart attack away from heaven so to speak and to quote another famous Italian (Marlon Brando playing Marc Antony) 'The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones,' and Mr T would do well to reflect on how he'd like to be remembered.

p.s. the pope gave him his latest encyclical, on climate change

[They_Live]

25. Sure.

And I am the king of Spain.

[Motley13]

26. We know how he forgets things

[manicraven]

27. Yep, and he said he was going to have the best healthcare for everyone; he wasn't ever going to cut

Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security; he was going to "drain the swamp;" and he was going to bring back manufacturing jobs. He said the electoral college should be abolished; and he has nothing to do with Putin or Russia, not even financial ties. His words mean nothing.

[Rhett Cohen]

29. He immediately agrees with everyone he meets until the next person comes along.

Like, how weak are his morals and principles that he has to change his entire worldview each and every time he meets a new dignitary or world leader? Is this some sort of old sales trick, or something along those lines? Because, it's one thing to have an open mind, but another to leave it so open your mind falls out.

[Skittles]

30. are they sure he didn't say PEACH

he is such a fucking BUFFOON

[Maeve]

31. Whoever he talked to last....I'm sure by now Bannon has slapped that idea out of his head eom

[Sunlei]

37. Bannon was sent home early on the trip. He got scared in Saudi Arabia, no bar in airport.

[Mad-in-Mo]

32. No doubt he thinks he had a religious experience

but it won't change a damn thing about how he behaves.

[onetexan]

34. meeting the pope was all for show

to solidify him as a legitimate president. We all know better it was his worst week yet while he was galivanting the MidEast & Europe.

[Sunlei]

36. The best most fun part about his trip was reading how upset the nazi groups were :P

[onetexan]

33. is it the "peace to end all peace" he's referred to before?

[Sunlei]

35. Peace! Good, the Pope taught him a new word.