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As the Trump administration openly embraces advisers and officials, they proudly say faith shapes their politics.
But the voice of the new pope of the new pope this week quickly disappeared with the important voice of Donald Trump's magazine movement, which made the United States great again, a disappointing conclusion: the first American pope does not seem to be "the United States first."
Little is known about the political leanings of Robert Francis Prevost born in Chicago.
He expressed concern for the poor and immigrants, choosing a name that might mention more liberal church leaders, both appearing to support the liberal pope Francis and criticized the U.S. president’s policies on social media.
But so far, the president has only said that the Leo election is a "huge honor" for the United States. Still, Trump’s most prominent supporters quickly attacked Pope Leo, slamming him as a challenge to Trump and believed that he would follow Pope Francis in areas such as immigration.
"I mean it's jaw-dropping," former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon told the BBC on Friday.
"What shocks me is that a person can be chosen as a pope with a Twitter feed, or he can be his remarks about senior American politicians," Bannon said.
He predicted that there would be "definitely friction" between Leo and Trump.
Pope's brother John Prevost told The New York Times that he believes his fraternity expressed disagreement with the president.
"I know he's not happy with the immigration situation," he said. "I know it's the truth. How far he'll go is just a guess, but he won't sit down. I don't think he'll be silent."
According to the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, recent survey data show that about 20% of Americans are considered Catholic.
About 53% agree that the Republican Party may be inclined toward the Republican Party, although there are many nuances: both Catholic Presidents in the United States, John F Kennedy and Joe Biden, are Democrats. Nearly two-thirds of us Catholics believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases - a departure from the church's current position.
American Catholics also widely support Pope Francis: 78% of those surveyed in February were in his favor, including most Catholic Republicans.
Many Catholics in the new pope’s hometown of Chicago were disappointed with President Trump on Thursday and said they hope Pope Leo XIV will follow his predecessor’s path.
"We hope he will continue to follow Francis' agenda," said Rick Stevens, a Catholic deacon from New Jersey.
The American Catholic Bishops' Conference, which leads and coordinates American Catholic activities, celebrates the election of Pope Leo and the message it conveys.
"Of course, we were chosen by the Cardinal for this country's son, but we recognize that he belongs now to all Catholics and all good-willed people," the meeting said in a statement. "The words he advocates for peace, solidarity and missionary activities have shown the way forward."
Although MAGA supporters represent a small portion of American Catholics, it is a huge opportunity for the conservative media and Trump’s ears.
In Bannon's War Room podcast, famous for its hard right-wing Pro-Trump bend - one guest has been criticized by another on the new pope.
"This guy is welcomed by liberals and progressives," said journalist Ben Harnwell.
"He is one of them...he (pope) Francis' DNA inside."
Another Maga commentator from Rome, Jack Posobiec, said bluntly: “This choice of American cardinals is in response, as information provided to President Trump.”
All the situations that led to Pope Leo's choice on Thursday are still emerging, and the church's decisions have not been neatly mapped to American politics. Still, observers around the world are still in Pope Leo’s social media profiles for clues about his tendencies and beliefs.
Account X, whose tweets were linked to criticism of Trump's immigration methods back in 2015 and hints about other political views, such as strict gun control.
In February, the account harshly condemned the U.S. vice president by posting a link titled “JD Vance is the wrong opinion: Jesus does not ask us to rank the love of others.”
The account also posted a link after a letter from Pope Francis to conflict with church doctrine and immigration. Vance was interviewed by Catholic convert to defend the Trump administration's immigration policy.
Vance often cites his belief in defending the administration, especially immigration policy, which the White House says will be proposed “America First.”
Vance told Fox News: “There is a Christian concept where you love your family, then you love your neighbors, then you love your community, then you love your fellow countrymen, then you love your fellow countrymen.
However, none of the American Democrats survived the account, which has more than a decade of positions. They seem to support Catholic employers’ refusal to pay for birth control pills through employee health programs and, after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, an article links to an article accusing Democrat Hillary Clinton of ignoring the life of Catholic voters.
The BBC asked the Vatican to confirm that the account is Leo, but received no reply.
"I try not to politicize the Pope game," Vice President Vance told conservative broadcaster Hugh Hewitt on Friday.
"I'm sure he'll say a lot of things I like. I'm sure he'll say something I don't agree with, but despite that, I'll continue to pray for him and the church, it's all mine, and that'll be the way I handle it."
The new pope's LGBTQ view is also unclear, but some groups, including the conservative Cardinal College, believe his support may be less supportive than Pope Francis.
"This new pope has some good signs and bad signs. I want to see what he actually did to his own pope before I pass any kind of judgment."
But some of the most dedicated magazine supporters have made up their minds.
Laura Loomer is a far-right influencer who has Trump's ears, swaying the president in the top personnel decisions, calling the new pope "anti-Trump, anti-Magaga, anti-Magaga, pro-start borders, and Marxists like Pope Francis.
Bannon, who had suggested that Leo be the dark horse of the Pope, predicted tensions between the White House and the Vatican - and said they could even tear up American Catholics.
"Remember, President Trump is not shy about the shooting of Pope Francis," he said.
“So if he was going to do the Pope trying to do between President Trump and his implementation of his plan to deport mass deportation, I would stick with it.”
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