The pope and Melania Trump pretty much just fat-shamed Donald
Donald Trump and his family/advisors met with Pope Francis at the Vatican Wednesday on a stop of the president's first foreign trip. While plenty of online jokes came from the meeting and photographs with a stone-faced pope, it sounds like the pope and first lady were in on the laughs.
A pool report from a gift exchange between the Trumps and Pope Francis (POTUS received three documents, including Pope Francis' 2015 climate change encyclical) included a sassy comment from the pope to the first lady.
The pope asked her, through a translator: "What do you give him to eat, potizza?" She responded with a chuckle that she did.
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The initial report quoted the pope asking if she fed POTUS pizza (when in Rome...or at least nearby), but it was later amended. He'd asked about potizza, a Slovenian pastry from Melania's home country.
This exchange piles on to Melania's hand-swatting and refusal to hold Trump's hand during their trip. She is on a tear, shutting down Trump everywhere the pair goes.
For the latest papal incident, here's the online peanut gallery:
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And just like that, the pope and FLOTUS now have an inside joke.
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