Trump's 4th July Visit Snubbed By Pope Leo | Tom Kington

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“He’s made a very deliberate decision to go to Lampedusa, and it’s been widely perceived as a bit of a stab at Donald Trump.” On the 250th anniversary of US Independence, American-born Pope Leo rejects a White House invite to instead spend July 4th supporting migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa, says The Times’s Italy correspondent Tom Kington. Tom Kington was speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day, 6-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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