Graham jokes Trump should be the next pope

Published April 30, 2025 10:20am ET



Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) joked Tuesday that President Donald Trump should be the next pope as the Vatican looks to select a new leader after Pope Francis’s death.

Graham’s remarks came in response to Trump saying that he’d “like to be pope.”

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