Pope Leo XIV’s past criticism of Trump’s policies resurfaced after his election, sparking debate among conservatives while Trump welcomed his appointment as pontiff.

President Donald Trump congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on Thursday shortly after the American was selected as the first U.S.-born pope. The president called it a “Great Honor for our Country.” “I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV,” he wrote on Truth Social. “It will be a very meaningful moment!”

Former Vice President Mike Pence, in an interview with Fox News Digital, urges President Donald Trump against raising the tax rate for wealthy Americans.

U.S. President Donald Trump privately urged House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson during a phone call on Wednesday to raise the top tax rate and close the carried interest loophole in upcoming legislation,

President Donald Trump could upend decades of Republican tax orthodoxy with new proposals to raise taxes on wealthy Americans and Wall Street and Silicon Valley investors.