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Pharaoh

(8,209 posts)
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 07:55 PM Aug 2015

Trump Would Threaten the Pope if He Criticized Capitalism

What a frigging Moron!!!


Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would use the threat of ISIS terrorists to scare the pope if he confronted him about the dangers of capitalism.

When Pope Francis visits the United States next month he is expected to be critical of American economic policies, as he has in the past.

Trump told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that he would remind the pope that ISIS wants to kill him and take over Vatican City.

“I’d say, ‘ISIS wants to get you,’” Trump said. “You know that ISIS wants to go in and take over the Vatican — you have heard that. That’s a dream of theirs.”

When asked whether he really wanted to scare the pope, Trump said he is going to have to take that route.

“I’m going to have to scare the pope,” Trump said. “The pope, I hope, can only be scared by God, but the truth is — you know, if you look at what’s going on — they better hope that capitalism works, because it’s the only thing we have right now. And it’s a great thing when it works properly.”

Trump likely isn’t doing anything to ease the pope’s potential criticism, saying he would want to do away with restrictive regulations.

“Between regulation, between all of the Dodd-Frank (Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act), between all of the different things that have been imposed, we aren’t competitive like we used to be,” Trump said. “We have to open up our country to great capitalism.”

http://wegoted.com/2015/08/trump-would-threaten-the-pope-if-he-criticized-capitalism/

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Trump Would Threaten the Pope if He Criticized Capitalism (Original Post) Pharaoh Aug 2015 OP
The pope should remind him of the Battle of Lepanto Gman Aug 2015 #1
"threaten the Pope"? LMAO !!!!!! DinahMoeHum Aug 2015 #2
Here we go again-Capitalism=Freedom crap we heard from Reagan. Boomerproud Aug 2015 #3
If Trump is wronged, he'll declare the "end times", bring down the heavens and aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2015 #4
Any confirmation that Trump is in fact meeting with the Pope? no_hypocrisy Aug 2015 #5
Pope will address Congress in September Pharaoh Aug 2015 #6

DinahMoeHum

(21,786 posts)
2. "threaten the Pope"? LMAO !!!!!!
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:11 PM
Aug 2015

Pope Francis grew up in a Latin American dictatorship, worked in the slums of Buenos Aires, and dodged the RW death squads. WTF is that pansy Trump to him????

Boomerproud

(7,952 posts)
3. Here we go again-Capitalism=Freedom crap we heard from Reagan.
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:21 PM
Aug 2015

A whole generation still believes it. Is Capitalism going to defeat ISIS? I'm stupid, someone will have to explain that idea to me.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
4. If Trump is wronged, he'll declare the "end times", bring down the heavens and
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:25 PM
Aug 2015

judge the living and the dead and tell the Pope "you're fired". The Church of Trump has declared it thus.

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