Donald Trump and his cronies play the praying game

It’s close to impossible to watch the nightly television news about the war in Iran. 

The violent words from US President Donald Trump and secretary for war Pete Hegseth is mind-boggling.

And then there is the sacked secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem; it’s worth checking out her cv.

BBC Radio four reported on Saturday morning that the Israelis  flew 80 bombers over Iran in night raids. 

Hegesth tells the world that we have seen nothing yet.

The RTÉ evening news on Friday showed a clip of Trump sitting at his desk with a group of people standing around him in ‘prayer'. It was a draw-dropping moment. 

One man seems to have been conducting the 'prayer service' while everyone in the group was holding out her or his hand. It was beyond awful, indeed, most likely sacrilegious. At least and thankfully, there was no one present dressed as a priest.

And Trump gave the impression he was deep in prayer or meditation.

One is reminded of the former archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan praying with Trump. Thankfully Dolan is no longer archbishop in New York.

The American war being waged on Iran is illegal, just as Putin’s war is on Ukraine.

Obviously these two men have much in common, both of them are criminals.

It’s interesting too how Vladimir Putin cosies up to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Yesterday in Rome Pope Leo called on all people to promote peace that “is not only the absence of conflict, but the fullness of justice, truth, and love.”

Pope Leo has appointed Archbishop Gabriele Caccia - Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations since 2019 - as apostolic nuncio to the United States. In a statement, Archbishop Caccia highlights this new role as a “mission at the service of communion and peace.” 

It so happens Channel 4 screened Bill Bailey’s Vietnam last evening. Over 3.8 million people were killed in that war, including 58,ooo US troops. We were told Ho Chi Minh was the devil incarnate. 

The Americans threw everything at them and yet the people of Vietnam prevailed and sent the Americans back home.

That was the war in which Trump never fought. He was a draft dodger; claimed he had bone spurs in his heels.

Could you make this up? Trump has.