It's Monday, May 5th.
I'm Erin Ryan, in for Jane Koston, and this is What A Day,
the show that knows why Alcatraz closed in the first place, because it was too expensive.
On the show,
President Donald Trump hits the shrug emoji when asked about whether he needs to uphold that old thing called the Constitution,
and the White House comes for Elmo and tries to cut funding for NPR and PBS.
But let's start with President Trump making the upcoming papal conclave about himself.
The official White House account tweeted out an AI-generated photo on Friday of Trump sitting on a golden throne and dressed like the Pope,
a move that did not go over well with the world's one and a half billion Catholics who are mourning the recent death of Pope Francis.
Trump's original I should be Pope joke came right before he appeared to support the papal candidacy of Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan.
Cardinal Dolan.
disavowed the image on Sunday.
I hope he didn't have anything to do with that.
Are you offended by that?
Well, you know, it wasn't good.
That's Italian for making a fool of yourself.
If Dolan doesn't end up being Pope,
one could argue that this makes the third global election Trump swayed in an anti-Trump direction simply by being himself,
after Canada early last week and Australia over the weekend.
Also on Sunday, NBC aired the president's interview with Meet the Press's Kristen Walker,