Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the Church of England, has said that he does not understand Christians who support American President Donald Trump.
Welby told ITV Preston on Sunday that he would be open to meet with Trump, explaining that he has met “lots of other people as well.”
“I spent years and years involved in conflict stuff around the world where I met people who had killed many, many people,” Welby stated.
“You know, part of the job is to meet people you disagree with, and to testify with the love of Christ to them and to seek to draw them in to a different way,” he added.
When asked about the “support from fundamentalist Christians” in America that Trump receives, the Anglican leader responded:
“There’s two things going through my mind: do I say what I think, or do I say what I should say?
“And I’m going to say what I think,” Welby responded.
“No, I don’t understand it. I really genuinely do not understand where that is coming from.”
Welby has expressed issues with Trump in the past. In January 2016, when Trump was still a Republican candidate, he…
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