The new Pope is from the US. So what?

The new Pope is an interesting choice but the one that is not totally unexpected given the amount of effort put behind his election. including, likely, by the Trump administration. The number of Catholics in this administration as well as the importance than some prominent "Trump Catholics" like JD Vance give to the relationship with the Catholic world has made it clear this issue cannot be left ungoverned.

Here's why it may be importance:

👉 The struggle for the agenda is globally on the increase. It is politically advantageous for the Trump administration to have powerful instruments and institutions like the large Christian churches, if not under its control, then at least as allies.
👉 America's moral leadership is on the decline and needs a reboot. Biden too understood this, but he saw his formula for a reboot through the lens of "democracies" vs "autocracies". Trump has a different approach: he is trying to achieve a reboot through the so-called revolution of common sense, which he often talks about. This approach suggests that the theme of the US as a defender of conservative values ​​plays an important role both within America and in foreign policy.
👉Some American politicians argue that they were "reborn" as individuals by turning to God. Hence the leitmotif of their political actions: we rebooted ourselves and in this way we will help America go through its own renewal including through visible resets with major church institutions.
👉This process is already acquiring its own symbolism, is being "sacralized". When today the public face of the White house press service prays before each appearance before the press, quotes the Bible on her social networks, the public gets the feeling of being present at a session of "political exorcism" - it was only yesterday that the Democratic administration consisted of representatives of the LGBT community, and today such a turn of events is happening before our eyes..
👉 Efforts to establish ties with Catholic denominations and to strengthen themselves within Protestant ones are an important resource in the arsenal of "making America great again," as this administration sees it.

It takes a little time to comprehend what happened, to understand the real involvement of the US in this decision (it could be the other way around - the Vatican's own interest in the "renewed US" which may give both an opportunity to reset the agenda and make more money) and to consider the figure of the Pope himself. He has an interesting order - the Augustinians.