Top Dem Boasts About His Meeting With Pope Leo After MAGA Goon’s Threat

Former President Barack Obama’s chief strategist has spilled on his secretive meeting with Pope Leo XIV, shedding light on a visit that has raised eyebrows.

David Axelrod sat down the first American-born pontiff on Thursday in a meeting that reportedly overran, delaying Leo’s next appointment by roughly 30 minutes.

His visit added intrigue to a meeting that had sparked speculation about whether Obama himself could soon secure an audience with the Chicago-born pope, before President Donald Trump does. Obama said in February that he hopes to meet the pontiff “sometime in the future.”

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