'It Would Be Great To Have It At The Vatican': Trump Welcomes Pope To Russia-Ukraine Peace Process

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump was asked about Pope Leo XIV working to help end the Russia-Ukraine War.

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00:00On your call with President Putin today, you'd mentioned that the Pope would like to take a role

00:07potentially in mediating these talks. Does that mean that the U.S. is taking a step back from

00:12No, no, no. I think it would be great to have it at the Vatican. Maybe it would have some extra

00:16significance. And I saw that it was discussed yesterday, so I thought, and people told me

00:23that they'd be honored to do it. I would imagine they would be. So, no, I think it would be maybe

00:28helpful. There's tremendous bitterness, anger. And I think maybe that could help some of

00:35that anger. So having it at the Vatican would be in Rome would be a very, I think it'd be

00:41a great idea. Thank you.