It’s no secret that the gang at CNN aren’t exactly fans of President Trump’s strict immigration policies, which have resulted in an astonishing 94% fewer border encounters in 2025 than occurred under President Biden’s watch a year ago.
But the election of a new American Pope on Thursday has at least some at the network hoping that Leo XIV will be able to get through to Trump in ways that others could not because — wait for it! — he speaks English.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the kind of Pope who speaks English, picks up the phone, and maybe calls the White House and says, hey, let’s have a conversation about this,” CNN Vatican analyst Katie Prejean McGrady suggested during the 11pm ET edition of Laura Coates Live. “He was pretty bold in saying that the Vice President was wrong. Well, now, he speaks their language. Maybe…
