After the audience, the pontiff smiled and joked. President of the United States Donald Trump visited Wednesday, May 24, at an audience with the Pope of Rome Francis. Audience was held in the Apostolic Palace. The head of the Catholic Church and the President of the United States spoke alone for 30 minutes, after which Francis met with the persons accompanying the president, including Trump's wife and daughter, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, national security adviser Herbert McMaster. US President and pontiff exchanged gifts. Francis gave Trump a medal with an olive branch, noting that this is a symbol of peace. Trump, for his part, presented a collection of books for the rights of blacks Martin Luther King. In addition, the Pope gave Trump his encyclical dedicated to the protection of the environment - a policy from which the American president resolutely moved away by repealing some of the environmental laws of his predecessor Barack Obama. The content of the talks is not reported. Observers noted that after the meeting, Francis looked more at ease than before. At the photo session before the audience, Dad looked at the floor, while Trump smiled at the camera lenses.

After the audience, the pontiff smiled and joked. "What do you feed him?" - he asked Melania Trump. "Pizza," smiled Trump's wife, who, like the daughter of President Ivanka, appeared in an audience in a black dress and a black lace mantilla, in accordance with the Vatican's dress code. Previously, Francis criticized the name of the US heavy-duty bomb explosive GBU-43, also called "the mother of all bombs".

Original article: Pope and Trump exchanged gifts.