Trump 'determined to pursue peace' after Pope meeting
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
note to hosts: this is a recent after-report bearing what appears to be new news.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)and tomorrow he'll mean something else
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Initech
(100,068 posts)Trump is like this guy:
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)and after a stern word or two that's probably what he got.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)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
(1,103 posts)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
(1,965 posts)Face to face, and is so proud he makes the lie known to all.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)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
(90,764 posts)JenniferJuniper
(4,512 posts)Vlad the Poisoner will set him straight.
madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)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
(36,793 posts)MedusaX
(1,129 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)and grasp it around the throat and beat it into submission, if he every catches it.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)Maybe Billy Bush's bus is available.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)I call a truckload of bullshit.
QC
(26,371 posts)He seems really impressionable.
mahina
(17,651 posts)He can start with ending his war on the United States and our people.
Please.
Now.
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)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
(3,232 posts)And I am the king of Spain.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)manicraven
(901 posts)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
(32 posts)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
(153,160 posts)he is such a fucking BUFFOON
Maeve
(42,282 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Mad-in-Mo
(229 posts)but it won't change a damn thing about how he behaves.
onetexan
(13,040 posts)to solidify him as a legitimate president. We all know better it was his worst week yet while he was galivanting the MidEast & Europe.