What are we to make of Trump’s choice of a ‘pope critic’ as ambassador to the Holy See?

ROME – Famously, von Clausewitz defined war as “the continuation of politics by other means”. To hear some people tell it, President-elect Donald Trump has an analogous, if inverted, understanding of diplomacy as the continuation of war by other means, as exemplified by his Dec. 20 pick for U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. Brian Burch, The post What are we to make of Trump’s choice of a ‘pope critic’ as ambassador to the Holy See? first appeared on Catholic Herald. The post What are we to make of Trump’s choice of a ‘pope critic’ as ambassador to the Holy See? appeared first on Catholic Herald.

Dec 23, 2024 - 16:00
What are we to make of Trump’s choice of a ‘pope critic’ as ambassador to the Holy See?
ROME – Famously, von Clausewitz defined war as “the continuation of politics by other means”. To hear some people tell it, President-elect Donald Trump has an analogous, if inverted, understanding of diplomacy as the continuation of war by other means, as exemplified by his Dec. 20 pick for U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. Brian Burch, The post What are we to make of Trump’s choice of a ‘pope critic’ as ambassador to the Holy See? first appeared on Catholic Herald. The post What are we to make of Trump’s choice of a ‘pope critic’ as ambassador to the Holy See? appeared first on Catholic Herald.

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