With bated breath, the world found out on Thursday that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost would become the first American pope in the Vatican’s history.
On a related note, that also meant that the world now knows the X handle of Prevost.
And that means that the world knows what Prevost has been posting and re-posting about — and those posts could make things very interesting when it comes to a relationship with Prevost’s home country.
The new pontiff’s X account was immediately dredged up following Prevost’s big promotion, and it’s clear that he has less-than-great sentiments with regards to President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and their respective administration.
Looking at Prevost’s X account, his most recent activity on the profile involved a re-post of this:
As Trump & Bukele use Oval to 🤣 Feds’ illicit deportation of a US resident (https://t.co/t80iDMbBKf), once an undoc-ed Salvadorean himself, now-DC Aux +Evelio asks, “Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed? How can you stay quiet?” https://t.co/jTradMfr0v
— Rocco Palmo (@roccopalmo) April 14, 2025
That mocking post was in reference to the well-disputed saga of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged gang member whom the authorities