'Trump already lost': Ex-GOP insider says new pope poised to 'make president look small'

An American pope who values right over wrong has appeared on the world stage just when he's needed most, according to a former Republican strategist.

Steve Schmidt, who worked on Republican political campaigns for George W. Bush, wrote on his Substack that Pope Leo XIV is a force for good that will take on "fascist" Donald Trump.

"Morality vs. immorality and right vs. wrong are fully engaged in America," Schmidt wrote. "Donald Trump has already lost his war of aggression against American values and the Constitution — even if he doesn’t know it yet."

Schmidt has long opposed Trump and his MAGA faithful. Before we had an American pope, Schmidt wrote, "Real damage will find its way to everyone in America. When the scar is left everyone will have a specific place to look and remember what MAGA did to them and our country. There will be no hiding the mark or the cost."

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Now, Schmidt writes, "The American Pope will help us see America again, and awaken a spirit that lies dormant in this land."

Schmidt's optimism has its roots in past comments Cardinal Robert Prevost posted to his X account before he became pope, where he took a firm stand against Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, who happens to be a Catholic.

"JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others," the cardinal tweeted in February, linking to a National Catholic Reportercolumn critical of Vance.

The cardinal also retweeted a post by Philadelphia-based Catholic writer Rocco Palmo, who denounced Trump's mass deportation policies.

Although Leo XIV hasn't yet spoken out against the Trump administration, Schmidt argues that "The drama between Donald Trump, the American fascist, and Leo, the American Pope, will be history that is written about for hundreds of years."

"There is an American Pope," Schmidt wrote. "He will make the American president look small as the fly that landed on Mike Pence’s head during the 2020 vice presidential debate."

Schmidt added, "The good guys are going to win."

Read Schmidt's Substack story here.