New York Times
By Alan Rappeport
February 11, 2016
Donald
J. Trump has a message for Pope Francis ahead of the pope’s trip to
pray with migrants along the Mexican border: You don’t get it.
The
pope is planning to go to the Rio Grande next week while on a visit to
Mexico. He plans to offer prayer and show solidarity with suffering
refugees.
Mr.
Trump does not approve. In an interview with the Fox Business Network
on Thursday, the Republican presidential candidate, who has proposed
building a wall along the
United States’s southern border, suggested that Francis was serving as a
pawn of the Mexican government.
“I think that the pope is a very political person,” Mr. Trump said.
Immigration
overhaul has been central to Mr. Trump’s campaign, and he has taken a
hard line on the issue, proposing to deport all undocumented immigrants
and make Mexico
pay for the construction of the wall to keep them out. He said that
Mexico most likely directed the pope to pay a visit to the border out of
concern that the United States would get tougher on migrants.
“I
don’t think he understands the danger of the open border that we have
with Mexico,” Mr. Trump said of Francis. “I think Mexico got him to do
it because they want to
keep the border just the way it is. They’re making a fortune, and we’re
losing.”
The
remarks come as Mr. Trump, a Presbyterian, has been trying to showcase
his religious devotion as he courts Christian conservative voters.
It is not the first time Mr. Trump has been critical of the pope.
Before
Francis’s visit to the United States last summer, Mr. Trump described
the pope as “very political.” He said in an interview with CNN that if
the pope were ever
to lecture him on the evils of capitalism, he would warn him that the
Islamic State wanted to invade the Vatican.
Despite their differences, Mr. Trump said at the time that he did respect the pope.
“I like him,” Mr. Trump said. “He seems like a pretty good guy.”
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