‘The first Pope-U.S. President combination has many upsides’: Senator Lindsey Graham makes a case for Trump as Supreme Pontiff

Lindsey Graham it’s a dream come true.

Earlier this week Trump told reporters that he’d like to be pope. While it seemed like he was joking we all know that the president has a habit of joking about things that he’s seriously considering. So is there a real chance that Trump and his followers are trying to figure out how to get the no.1 spot in the Vatican?

Most of MAGA worship Trump like a religious icon while simultaneously hating on real Catholicism, just look at how Marjorie Taylor Greene responded to Pope Francis’ death last month. So there’s no doubt many of his allies would love to see him become the head of Catholicism. 

Lindsey Graham thinks a President Pope would have “upsides”

Responding to Trump’s comments on X, Senator Lindsey Graham wrote that he was “excited to hear that President Trump is open to the idea of being the next Pope.” He makes a genuine case for why Trump would make a great pope claiming that there would be many “upsides” and asks the papal conclave to keep an “open mind.”

The responses to Graham’s post were a mixture of outright horror and others pointing out that his statement was likely a joke. This might all seem funny to Graham but, like I said, many of Trump’s followers would probably this wholeheartedly. If they could find a genuine way to make Trump the pope they would do it. how Trump joked about a third term and now it’s a real possibility? Yeah.

Could Trump actually be pope?

Obviously not that man might actually be the antichrist. Aside from that Trump barely meets any of the requirements to actually become the pope. For starters, the pope must be Catholic (duh) Trump in non-denominational Christian so that instantly rules him out. The candidate for supreme pontiff must also be of sound mind, which again, would rule out the U.S. president.

These are just a couple of the compulsory expectations that Trump would fail to meet. There are other expectations that are more like soft requirements. For example, knowing Latin and Italian, (Trump barely knows English), conflict resolution, (Trump makes conflicts worse), wisdom and prudence, (don’t make me laugh). 

The reality is that Donald Trump is the absolute antithesis of what a pope should be. I guess in a way, Lindsey Graham’s statement is pretty funny, because imagining Trump trying to run the Vatican is so ridiculously stupid you can’t help but laugh.