Trump edition: How MAGA Catholics won the White House

Amid the election of the first ever American Pope, Robert
Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, Roland Oliphant looks
at the rise of a new force in American politics: MAGA Catholics.


Vice President JD Vance, First Lady Melania Trump, and of course
Steve Bannon - Trump’s first term chief of staff - are among the
best known names in Washington. Tim Stanley, The Telegraph’s
“weapons-grade Catholic” sketch-writer, joins from Rome to
discuss what unites Catholics and the MAGA movement, how much
influence they wield in Washington, and whether they can
influence the choice of the next Pope.


Plus, as Donald Trump prepares to go to the Middle East for the
first official foreign trip of his second term, program director
at the Institute for Global Affairs at Eurasia Group Jonathan
Guyer explains what is on the agenda and what may actually be
achieved. 


Rob Crilly's interview with Marjorie Taylor Greene:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/05/08/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-needs-to-focus-on-america/


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