🚨 The Pentagon summoned the Pope’s ambassador to a closed-door meeting and threatened him. Named official. On record. Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby called Cardinal Christophe Pierre to the Pentagon and delivered this message: “The United States has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.” Then a U.S. official invoked the Avignon Papacy — the 14th century moment when the French monarchy used military force to physically remove the Pope from Rome and bend the Church to its will. The Vatican understood the reference immediately. The Pope’s planned visit to America for the 250th anniversary celebration was cancelled. And then something remarkable happened. The Pope didn’t retreat. He pressed harder. He called the war unjust. He called Trump’s threats unacceptable. He told Americans to call Congress.

🚨THIS IS CRAZZYYY: The United States Secretary of Defense just said this out loud: “Flying over their capital. Death and destruction from the sky all day long. We’re playing for keeps.” Tehran has a population denser than New York City. “Death and destruction from the sky all day long.” Those are human beings. Families. Children. And the man controlling the most powerful military on earth is describing their deaths like a movie trailer. Six soldiers dead. An illegal war built on lies. No congressional vote. No plan. And this is who’s running it.