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Pope: I'll judge Trump after we see what he does

Associated Press
January 22, 2017 | 6:21pm
Pope: I'll judge Trump after we see what he does
Pope Francis celebrates a Mass at the end of the Jubilee (Holy Year) of the Dominicans, inside the Basilica of St. John Lateran, in Rome, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.
Giorgio Onorati / ANSA via AP
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said he'll wait to see what US President Donald Trump does before forming an opinion about him.
 
In an interview published Saturday evening by Spanish newspaper El Pais, Francis says he doesn't like "judging people early. We'll see what Trump does."
 
Asked about populist-style political leaders emerging in the United States and Europe, Francis warned against seeking a savior in times of crisis.
 
He said Adolf Hitler in the 1930s' Germany "was voted for by the people and then he destroyed the people."
 
Francis laments that in crises "we look for a savior to give us back identity, and we defend ourselves with walls, barbed-wire fences, from other peoples."
 
He was interviewed Friday at the Vatican at the same time as Trump's inauguration ceremony.

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