Pope Francis will 'wait and see' before judging Donald Trump as he warns against rise of leaders like Adolf Hitler-ByChristopher Bucktin

The Pontiff made the comments as the new US leader was being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States

Pope Francis has warned against the rise of populist leaders (Photo: Getty)

Pope Francis has warned against the rise of populist leaders like Adolf Hitler saying he would “wait and see” before making a judgement on Donald Trump .
The Pontiff made the comments as the new US leader was being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
Francis urged Trump to be guided by ethical values, saying he must take care of the poor and the outcast during his time in office .
"I think that we must wait and see. I don't like to get ahead of myself nor judge people prematurely," the Pope told Spanish newspaper El Pais.
"We will see how he acts, what he does, and then I will have an opinion.

The Pope says he will "wait and see" before he judges Donald Trump (Photo: Getty Images North America)

"But being afraid or rejoicing beforehand because of something that might happen is, in my view, quite unwise. It would be like prophets predicting calamities," he said.
The Pope warned Europeans against populism, saying they should not repeat the same mistakes as in the 1930s when they turned to "saviours" to resolve the economic and political crisis only to end up at war.
"Crises provoke fear, alarm. In my opinion, the most obvious example of European populism is Germany in 1933” he said.

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“A people that were immersed in a crisis, that looked for its identity until this charismatic leader came and promised to give their identity back, and he gave them a distorted identity, and we all know what happened.
“In times of crisis, we lack judgement, and that is a constant reference for me... That is why I always try to say: talk among yourselves, talk to one another.”