Donald Trump (L) comes under scrutiny as Cardinals Joseph Tobin, Robert McElroy and Blase Cupich (R) critique his administration on '60 Minutes.'
'Sickening': Trump Under Fire as 3 American Cardinals Call Out His Administration's Policies on '60 Minutes'
Three American cardinals have raised alarms about President Donald Trump and his policies during their appearance on CBS News' 60 Minutes.
Lately, Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S.-born Pope, has been quite vocal about his criticism of Trump, especially about the latter's violent rhetoric against Iran and Venezuela.
On the latest episode of 60 Minutes on Sunday, April 12, Cardinals Robert McElroy, Joseph Tobin and Blase Cupich echoed the Pope's opinions on the Trump administration, particularly regarding the U.S.'s war against Iran.
"It's an abominable regime, and it should be removed," McElroy told CBS's Norah O'Donnell.
"But this is a war of choice that we went to, and I think it's embedded in a wider moment in the United States that's worrying, which is this: We're seeing before us the possibility of war after war after war," he added.
'Gamification' of Real-Life War Footage
Meanwhile, Cupich called out the "gamification" of war reportedly seen in The White House's social media posts that included mashups of real-world war footage combined with video game footage.
"We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people and the killing of children and our own soldiers into entertainment," Cupich said.
Talking to O'Donnell, Cupich said, "It is sickening. To splice together movie cuts with actual bombing and targeting of people for the purposes of entertainment is sickening. This is not who we are. We're better than this."
Pope Leo XIV has been vocal about his opposition to Donald Trump's Iran war.
Cardinals Critique ICE
On the other hand, Tobin, who is the Archbishop of Newark, slammed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and its approach to tackling the illegal immigration problem in the country, especially after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti earlier this year.
"I didn't say that they were people without law," he said, clarifying his "lawless organization" remark while describing ICE.
"But when people act in this way, when they have to hide their identities to terrify people, when they can actually violate other guarantees of our Constitution and Bill of Rights, well, I think somebody's got to call that out, and I'm not the only one," he said.
McElroy told O'Donnell that he believed in the importance of strong borders and that illegal crossings were "getting out of control."
Still, he opined that the Trump administration's approach is a "roundup of people throughout the country. People who have been living good, strong lives, been here a long time, raised their children here, many of their children born here, and are citizens. That's what our objection is," he added.
CNN's Brian Stelter opines on the latest episode of '60 Minutes' and Pope Leo XIV's stance on the Iran war.
"I would like to know what Catholics feel about this indiscriminate mass deportation," Cupich stated, adding, "I think that it's very clear the American people are saying, 'We really didn't vote for this.'"
Following the segment, Trump took to Truth Social and wrote a long post slamming Pope Leo XIV and accusing him of being "WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy."
He also credited himself with Leo's selection as Pope, writing that, "If I wasn't in the White House, Leo wouldn't be in the Vatican."