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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 16

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    boxer_dogs_dance
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    Trump appoints critic of Pope Francis as ambassador to the Vatican

    Trump appoints critic of Pope Francis as ambassador to the Vatican

    3 votes
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      Raspcoffee
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      I'm not even sure what this is supposed to achieve. Just some sort of fuck you? It's just going to hurt the standing of the USA in the Catholic world without getting much, if anything, in return?...

      I'm not even sure what this is supposed to achieve. Just some sort of fuck you? It's just going to hurt the standing of the USA in the Catholic world without getting much, if anything, in return?

      sigh I can't wait until Trump is away again.

      2 votes
      1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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        It'll be interesting to see if a devout Catholic who talks big in the US feels quite so big when interacting with the Holy See.

        It'll be interesting to see if a devout Catholic who talks big in the US feels quite so big when interacting with the Holy See.

        2 votes