President Donald Trump congratulated the first American-born Pope Thursday after the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who will lead under the name Pope Leo XIV.
“Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope,” President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social. “It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!”
