WASHINGTON — Speaking just days after uploading and hastily deleting an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself as Christ, the US President publicly clarified on Thursday that the Pope has a "terrible" grasp of Christian foreign policy and is failing in his duties.

Administration officials expressed deep frustration that the pontiff continues to misinterpret the Sermon on the Mount as a condemnation of military escalation, rather than a mandate for preemptive strikes. "The Pope needs to get his act together and focus on spiritual matters, like neutralizing threats to our civilization," read a statement from the executive branch, referring to the pontiff's recent refusal to endorse a bombing campaign in the Middle East.

The theological dispute follows a recent Pentagon worship service where the Defense Secretary led prayers for "justice executed swiftly and without remorse" and "overwhelming violence"—a previously overlooked sacrament now being heavily promoted by the Department of Defense.

At press time, the administration's Catholic vice president was urging the Vicar of Christ to stay completely out of global politics and return to his traditional religious duty of unconditionally blessing whatever the military decides to do next.