Trump Jokes About His 'No. 1 Choice' For Pope, And People Pray He's Really Kidding

David Moye

It’s hardly 100 days into Donald Trump’s 2nd word successful office, and already, he’s suggesting helium wants different job.

After a newsman asked Trump who helium thought should follow Pope Francis arsenic the adjacent pope, the non-Catholic president offered a effect that was wholly successful character.

“I’d similar to beryllium pope,” Trump joked. “That’d beryllium my No. 1 choice.”

Trump past presented a little narcissistic option.

“I don’t person a preference. I mightiness accidental we person a cardinal that happens to beryllium retired of a spot called New York who is precise good,” helium said, referring to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York.

You tin ticker the speech below.

Although it appears the president was so joking, helium seems concerningly superior astir his different norm-breaking suggestions ― like turning Canada into the 51st state or taking implicit Greenland — and hasn’t unequivocally ruled out running for a 3rd term.

Not surprisingly, galore radical prayed that a “Pope Donald” would ne'er happen.

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