President Donald Trump‘s White House responded after first American Pope Robert Prevost’s anti-MAGA posts resurfaced after his election.

‘The president made his reaction to Pope Leo’s announcement yesterday he is very proud to have an American Pope,’ Catholic White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during her briefing

‘It’s a great thing… and we’re praying for him,’ she added without discussing the controversy around the new Pope’s posts.

Prevost made a series of social media posts critical of the president’s policies and often reposts sentiments critical of the Trump administration.

As a result after his election, MAGA unleashed on the Chicago native-turned Pope, calling him a ‘piece of s**t liberal’ on social media.

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Karoline Leavitt responds to ‘critical’ anti-Trump comments made by the new Pope

White House brushes off past X comments from Pope Leo

Karoline Leavitt, a devout Catholic, was asked about the ‘critical’ comments by Pope Leo on X about Trump and Vance.

A 2014 tweet is going viral where Prevost called Jesus a migrant and some of his social media content has been critical of the president.

Trump reiterates that he could lower Chinese tariffs to 80 percent

By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent at the White House

President Donald Trump again floated that he could push China’s tariff rate down to 80 percent when asked about it in the Oval Office Friday afternoon.

I put out a number today, 80 percent, so we’ll see how that all works out.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is headed to Switzerland to speak with his Chinese counterparts about the ongoing trade war.

The current tariffs on Chinese imports are at 145 percent.

Trump suggests 10 percent baseline tariffs are here to stay

By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent at the White House

President Donald Trump said Friday that the baseline 10 percent tariff was here to stay.