Pope Francis funeral: President Trump and Melania will attend

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10. His usual "bride at every wedding, corpse at every funeral" shtick

He has to always keep the spotlight on himself. Even the death of a pope won't get in his way!

His statement today included only a passing pseudo-positive reference to the pope. "He was a good man." At least he didn't say, "people say he was a good man."

But, still, he had to try to wrest the focus back onto himself. He said he "had ordered" flags fly at half-mast. "Federal and state too!" That was it. Nothing about the pope's work, his value, anything. Compare that to what other world leaders were saying. They would take the time to talk about the impact Pope Francis had on them personally as well as his effect on the world. Trump is incapable of even thinking such things, let alone utter them.

Oh, well. He'll get to be fawned over again by Italian far-right prime minister Giorgia Meloni, who is referred to as "the Italian trump." Trivia note: She was the only EU leader invited to trump's inauguration.