Awkward Clip Of JD Vance Meeting Pope Leo Sets Social Media Ablaze

JD Vance and Pope Leo XIV.The internet thinks that Pope Leo XIV appeared to give Vice President JD Vance the cold shoulder Sunday after his inaugural Mass in Rome, and social media users are reeling over the questionable moment. The Catholic convert was one of the last officials to meet with Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, who frequently criticised the Trump administration, particularly its extreme immigration policies. Vance’s meeting with Francis at the Vatican less than 24 hours before the latter’s death also sparked criticism from social media users, who made joke memes claiming that the Catholic leader’s death was caused by the vice president’s visit.In a clip shared on TikTok showing Vance’s Sunday interaction with Leo, Vance can be seen approaching the head of the Catholic Church with his wife, Usha Vance. The couple shake hands with Leo while having a brief conversation. Naturally, TikTok users had a lot to say about the pope’s body language during the seemingly strained moment, with many taking guesses about how the Chicago-born pontiff felt in that moment. “He does not like Vance. Body language is everything. Wow,” one person claimed. Another commented: “That shrug by the pope in the end was a ward off evil shrug.” “You can tell the Pope was relieved when that interaction ended,” someone else alleged. A separate user pointed out that Vance had “zero manners” after he was seen reaching out to Leo’s arm in the clip, writing, “jd vance has zero protocol, he tried to touch the Pope like he was his bro. zero manners. Ughhhh.” Another user claimed Leo “had to shake it off after Vance walked away.” A social media user on X, formerly Twitter, joked that Leo “shooed JD Vance and his wife away with a single hand gesture telling them to move along,” calling the moment “hilarious.” Much like Francis, Leo has expressed disapproval over the Trump administration’s immigration policies, namely when the then-bishop sharedan opinion piece from The Washington Post by Cardinal Timothy Dolan in 2015 titled “Why Donald Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is So Problematic.” His apparent disagreement with President Donald Trump and his allies continued as recently as February, when the now-pope shared an article on social media that took aim at Vance with the headline: “JD Vance Is Wrong: Jesus Doesn’t Ask Us To Rank Our Love For Others.”On Monday, Vance and Leo met again at the Vatican ahead of Trump’s announcement that Russia and Ukraine would begin negotiations “toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.” Vance was joined Monday at the meeting by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Related...Pope Leo XIV Goes Viral With 1-Word Reply About The USPope Leo XIV Calls For End To All Wars In First Sunday Blessing As PontiffFans Reckon They Spotted Harry Styles In The Vatican As The New Pope Was Unveiled And... Sorry, What?!

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