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Donald Trump quickly put aside other commitments to attend Pope Francis' funeral in the Vatican. His participation could not be missed, for two main reasons: on the one hand, the massive support he had for his re-election from the American Catholic base. On the other, for a vision of the future: his 'attention' as the leader of the American superpower to be felt by those who will soon have to choose Bergoglio's successor.
Also considering that the United States can count on 10 cardinal electors, even if they position themselves on non-homogeneous sides.
It's no secret that Francis' pontificate has been something of a thorn in the side of the Trump administration. Criticism, even severe, has fallen on the Argentine Pope: starting with the consideration that a leader who wants to build walls against immigrants "is not Christian", in fact he is "anti-life", even if this latest judgment of Francis did not spare Democratic candidate and former vice president Kamala Harris for her pro-abortion openness.
A 'globalist', anti-Western Pope and champion of the global South and the poor of every continent like Bergoglio has never pleased the nationalist and ultra-nationalist Trump, who would now like a more favorable change towards him in the Vatican as well.
Last February, the letter to the bishops of the United States, in which the Pope said that "deporting people harms the dignity of entire families" and called for the building of bridges, not "walls of humiliation", left its mark, opening an open clash.
And both for good domestic performance and to avoid international friction, the tycoon would prefer to avoid other 'accidents' of this kind in the future.
A covert pressure from Trump's entourage to have a candidate he likes ascend to the throne of Peter is already in place, also through the media archipelago led by the most conservative American Catholicism.
'American-style' Catholicism also represents a financial power, born 40 years ago in a moderate form with the neo-conservative movement, but which was radicalized after September 11 and now has New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan at its helm.
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