# Will Trump call The Pope "A Loser"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 18, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470 "2016-02-18T18:25:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/41 "2016-02-19T16:18:41Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Yes. That would be Ronald Reagan (D). Ronald Reagan was a GOP ! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/42 "2016-02-19T16:25:53Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > Ronald Reagan was a GOP ! He riffing on FoxNews’ tendency to identify miscreant Republicans as Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/43 "2016-02-19T18:11:44Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He riffing on FoxNews’ tendency to identify miscreant Republicans as Democrats. And, possibly, the fact that many of Reagan’s policies and decisions are ones that, were a Republican to attempt them today, would lead to accusations of being a RINO, and probably losing his next election. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/44 "2016-02-19T18:19:25Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I think Trump may have bitten off more than he can chew, this time. You’ve got a guy who has drawn universal praise for every move he’s made since taking office, and has a billion followers. Not someone you’d want to pick a fight with. To paraphrase a guy named Joe, how many divisions does the Pope have? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/45 "2016-02-19T18:23:26Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > And just _look_ at how effective they are at keeping the Italians out! See, everyone hates accordion music. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/46 "2016-02-19T18:37:23Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > Ronald Reagan was a GOP ! Yes, he was a Geriatric, Oily Poltroon. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/47 "2016-02-19T19:49:05Z")
[Looks like Trump’s backing down;](http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/19/politics/donald-trump-pope-francis/index.html) > [@](#): > > “I don’t like fighting with the Pope,” Trump said at a GOP town hall in South Carolina hosted by CNN. “I like his personality; I like what he represents.” > > Trump called the Pope a “wonderful guy” and blamed the day’s drama on the press. > > “I don’t think this is a fight,” Trump said. “I think he said something much softer than was originally reported by the media.” > > Trump added he would meet with the Pope “anytime he wants.” ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/48 "2016-02-19T20:39:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Trump called the Pope a “wonderful guy” and **blamed the day’s drama on the press.** There really aren’t enough rolleyes for this guy. ---
**Author:** ![Grsz11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grsz11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grsz11)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/49 "2016-02-19T20:47:03Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > There really aren’t enough rolleyes for this guy. Well this was really blown out of proportion. It was directed at Trump, but the Pope was speaking figuratively, in the sense that Trump’s entire campaign is about building walls, rather than bridges between people. The point is the same however: Christians love thy neighbor, Trump does not. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/50 "2016-02-19T22:42:01Z")
Trump does realize that if he keeps this up, he will not be invited to the annual blessing of the wigs, doesn’t he? On the other hand, the Pope may not be invited to the grand opening of “Trump Vatican City” scheduled to be opening in Atlantic City in 2018. The date is a little bit up in the air because of Trump’s design of the nuns’ habits. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/51 "2016-02-19T23:59:10Z")
> [@Grsz11](#): > > Well this was really blown out of proportion. It was directed at Trump, but the Pope was speaking figuratively, in the sense that Trump’s entire campaign is about building walls, rather than bridges between people. The point is the same however: Christians love thy neighbor, Trump does not. And Trump reacted by calling it “disgraceful” and saying that when IS blows up the Vatican they’ll wish for a President Trump. Classic Donald. Then when he realizes that may have been a wee bit too much, here’s his way of walking it back is of course… > [@](#): > > Trump called the Pope a “wonderful guy” and blamed the day’s drama on the press. > > “I don’t think this is a fight,” Trump said. “I think he said something much softer than was originally reported by the media.” Well, sir, couldn’t THAT have been your answer to begin with? How about you get into a habit of _ **first reading what was actually said/written** _, in context, and _ **then afterwards** _ reacting? Of course not, that would be un-Trumplike. Trump style is knock your block off first, ask questions later, say hey, got nothing to apoligize for, not my fault. Donald you already KNOWS headline writers dumb down the real news. He just saw an opportunity to have a big, publicity-rich incident on the same day the SC Elected Officials\* endorsed Rubio and it should have been the lede, then say “oh, that was nothing, let’s not linger on it”. (\*In a jurisdiction where many of your target voters already do not think highly of the Pope, both for being Pope and for being a moderate.) ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/52 "2016-02-20T03:11:53Z")
Of course the pope is a loser. He’s a 79 year old virgin. He’s a HUUUGGEE loser. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/53 "2016-02-22T06:56:52Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > **Will Trump call The Pope “A Loser”?** > > Hard to do that, when the Pope has won one more election than Trump. But, the election that he won wasn’t in the US. It was an election in a nation that has a different Constitution, and no second party. And, it wasn’t a representative vote: Only male Catholics were allowed to vote. And, it was in a country in which he didn’t pay taxes. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470/54 "2016-02-22T17:52:04Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > Of course the pope is a loser. He’s a 79 year old virgin. He’s a HUUUGGEE loser. He was ordained just before his 33rd birthday. So the answer to that is MAYBE. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-call-the-pope-a-loser/746470.md?page=2)