Pope: Trump remarks 'trying to break apart' US-Europe alliance

Pope Leo has weighed in on Donald Trump's latest interview comments, in which he said Europe was in decline and had "weak" leaders.

Asked by a journalist if he thinks the US peace plan for Ukraine is fair, the pontiff said he'd "rather not comment on that".

But then he added:

"I think unfortunately some parts of that I have seen make a huge change in what was for many, many years a true alliance between Europe and the United States.
"The remarks that are made about Europe also in interviews recently I think are trying to break apart what... needs to be a very important alliance today and in the future."
He went on to explicitly reference the US president:

"So, it’s a programme that President Trump and his advisers put together. He’s the president of the United States. He has the right to do that, but it has a number of things in it that I think, while perhaps many people in the United States would be in agreement, I think many others would see things in a different way."