Observers mock 'lunatic' Trump's late-night diatribe about Pope Leo XIV: 'Bro, go to bed'

Political analysts and observers mocked President Donald Trump on Sunday night after he issued a lengthy diatribe against Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo has sharply criticized the Trump administration's immigration policies and its war with Iran. Those criticisms seem to have gotten under Trump's skin, as he raged at the "weak" Pope for his handling of "crime" and "foreign policy" in a new post on Truth Social.

"I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon," Trump wrote. "I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a Country that was sending massive amounts of Drugs into the United States and, even worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers, drug dealers, and killers, into our Country."

"And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History," he added. "Leo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise. He wasn’t on any list to be Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump. If I wasn't (sic) in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican."

Political analysts and observers reacted on social media.

"Bro, go to bed," Rep. Malcom Kenyatta, a Democrat in Pennsylvania, posted on X.

"I've never been closer to converting to Catholicism than this moment," physician Eric Strong posted on Bluesky. "I have absolutely no intention of ever doing so - but this is still the closest I've been."

"Trump is a f------ lunatic," writer Polly Sigh posted on X.

"Way to build coalitions. Attack the Pope!" writer Wajahat Ali posted on X.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) suspended his campaign for California Governor on Sunday as he battles allegations of sexual assault and rape.

"I am suspending my campaign for Governor," Swalwell wrote in a statement on X. "To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s."

On Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle published a bombshell report alleging the lawmaker had assaulted one of his staffers multiple times when she was too intoxicated to consent. Since then, three other women have come forward to make allegations against Swalwell, according to reports.

Swalwell has faced a mountain of criticism since the report was published, including calls from a bipartisan cadre of lawmakers to resign or be expelled from Congress.

President Donald Trump raged at Pope Leo XIV in a Truth Social post on Sunday night after the Pope criticized the president.

Pope Leo has been an outspoken critic of Trump's war with Iran, and called the president's threat to destroy the Iranian civilization "truly unacceptable." The Pope has also rebuked the president's immigration policies.

"Enough of the idolatry of self and money!” Leo said on Saturday, according to the Associated Press. “Enough of the display of power! Enough of war!”

Trump responded to Pope Leo's criticisms on Sunday on Truth Social.

"Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. He talks about 'fear' of the Trump Administration, but doesn’t mention the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian Organizations, had during COVID when they were arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else, for holding Church Services, even when going outside, and being ten and even twenty feet apart," Trump wrote. "I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA. He gets it, and Leo doesn’t!"

"I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a Country that was sending massive amounts of Drugs into the United States and, even worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers, drug dealers, and killers, into our Country," Trump added. "And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History."

"Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician. It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church!" Trump continued.

An election lawyer shared a stark warning about President Donald Trump's Department of Justice as the department's losses in court continue to pile up.

Marc Elias, a voting rights attorney and founder of Democracy Docket, said during a new episode of the "Democracy Watch" podcast with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen that the Trump DOJ is becoming "desperate" as efforts to sway the 2026 midterms come up short in court after court. Elias said his firm has defeated the Trump administration in four of the 30 cases the DOJ is currently defending.

"The Department of Justice is getting more and more desperate as they lose these cases," Elias said. "The White House is becoming more erratic and more frantic."

Throughout his second administration, Trump has sought to use the DOJ as a political weapon. Reports indicate he fired former Attorney General Pam Bondi because she wasn't moving fast enough on prosecutions of Trump's foes, such as New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey.

Elias noted that Trump may seek new "stunts" to help him get out of the mess.

"Watch out because we're going to see Donald Trump do more stunts like the executive order that he signed, which I sued him over within 24 hours," Elias said, referring to Trump's recent executive order limiting mail-in voting.

"The reason why he did that executive order is that he's losing these lawsuits," Elias said. "And when he loses that lawsuit over the executive order and another handful of these cases, it's going to get worse."