Pope Leo XIV’s older brother, Louis Prevost, hit a MAGA milestone on Tuesday when he met President Donald Trump.
A photo from the White House showed Prevost, 73, and his wife, Deborah, standing and smiling next to Trump and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office.
White House aide Margo Martin said they had a “great meeting.”
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Earlier in the day, Trump told reporters on Capitol Hill that he was looking forward to meeting Prevost, who has a history of posting MAGA takes on social media.
“I like the pope and I like the pope’s brother,” Trump said. “Did you know that he lives in Florida? He’s got MAGA, he’s got Trump, and I look forward to getting him to the White House. I want to shake his hand. I want to give him a big hug.”
Prevost was seated next to the second lady, Usha Vance, at Pope Leo’s inaugural mass on Sunday. The following day, he was part of the U.S. delegation that met with the pope.
Prevost, who moved from the Chicago area to Port Charlotte, Florida, with Deborah, his second wife, has not been coy about his political beliefs. His Facebook page, first reported on by the Daily Beast, has a number of posts scorching Democrats and showering praise on Trump and Vance. However, he made his account private a few days after his brother Robert was chosen to lead the Catholic Church.
One repost included a photo of a mental institution with the caption, “Where the woke lived before the ’70s.” Another post read: “Please pray for the 33% who approve of Biden, that they be healed of their mental affliction.”
Another repost, which criticized Democrats for opposing tariffs that the president has since broadly rolled back himself, referred to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a “drunk c--t.”
After Vance debated Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz last year, Prevost wrote on Facebook: “J.D. was phenomenal debating Tim Walz and the moderators. Very knowledgeable and well spoken. He will make a great VP and then, a great President.”
Prevost has since dialed back his online MAGA rhetoric.
“I’ve realized, now that I see some of this coming back at me, that I should probably tone it down,” he told Piers Morgan last week. “I’ve backed off a lot of media, and I don’t see myself really getting too much involved in that.”
Shortly after his appearance on Morgan’s show, Prevost made his Facebook private and has given interviews to the press less frequently. He rejected an in-person request from the Daily Beast on May 13.
