On a personal level, I like Pope Francis and I dislike President Trump. Having said that, the two of them have something in common that I find enormously frustrating. Neither can keep a disciplined tongue!

We all know about Trump's caustic ad libs. They speak for themselves. But the pope's, while well intentioned, are also ill-advised. He shouldn't be making personal statements about Trump. Period. All it does is make an undeserving character seem sympathetic and make the "who am I to judge?" pope come across as hyper-judgmental. 

You'd think he would have learned from the "those who build walls aren't Christian" fiasco, but not so much. All that did was allow Trump to portray himself as a victim and rally his Evangelical base.

Somebody -- anybody -- needs to keep that microphone out of the pope's hands when he's flying home from somewhere. Please.