President Donald Trump released a statement offering his reaction to the announcement that the Conclave had chosen its first American-born Pope.

Following Cardinal Robert Prevost's appointment as the first American-born pope, past social media posts about the VP surfaced.

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped in a gold embroidered sash. He clasped his hands in prayer and smiled as the crowds chanted his name, and “ Viva La Papa! ”