{"id":11640,"date":"2025-04-26T15:19:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T15:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=11640"},"modified":"2025-04-26T15:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T15:19:56","slug":"will-trump-think-his-seat-at-the-popes-funeral-is-a-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=11640","title":{"rendered":"Will Trump think his seat at the Pope\u2019s funeral is a snub?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Donald Trump&nbsp;is expected to have a \u2018third-tier seat\u2019 at&nbsp;Pope Francis\u2018 funeral mass despite being among the first to confirm that he would be attending the service. Trump, who is accustomed to being front and centre at world events, is unlikely to have a prominent position in the seating arrangements when he arrives at St. Peter\u2019s Basilica tomorrow morning. The Vatican is today making final preparations for the pontiff\u2019s funeral and&nbsp;has not yet released the official seating chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs will be in attendance, but tradition suggests that precedence for front row seating will be given to Catholic royalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign dignities will likely be sat in large block on one side of the coffin, across from the cardinals, patriarchs, bishops and archbishops, The Telegraph reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catholic&nbsp;royals&nbsp;will be seated in the front row, followed by non-Catholic royals, including&nbsp;Prince William. World leaders, heads of states and other foreign dignitaries will then be sat behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump, however, is not likely to be pleased with the seating arrangements, given that he mocked his predecessor Joe Biden for&nbsp;having to sit in the rear at Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s funeral three years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that Biden\u2019s 14th row seat showed there was \u2018no respect\u2019 for the US anymore and alleged that if he was president he would have been moved closer to the front of the audience of 2,000 mourners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump did not attend the service&nbsp;bidding farewell to Britain\u2019s longest reigning monarch&nbsp;\u2013 as invites were limited to current heads of state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/25\/10\/97682277-14646795-image-m-24_1745574040894.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump (pictured with Pope Francis in May 2017) is expected to have a 'third-tier seat' at Pope Francis' funeral mass despite being among the first to confirm that he would be attending the service\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"684f6003e199ca137b09540a661b4c2d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- Composite Start -->\r\n<div id=\"M940464ScriptRootC1583286\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.adskeeper.com\/k\/o\/kohajone.press.1583286.js\" async>\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- Composite End -->\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump&nbsp;is expected to have a \u2018third-tier seat\u2019 at&nbsp;Pope Francis\u2018 funeral mass despite being among the first to confirm that he would be attending the service. 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