Pope: I'll judge Trump after we see what he does

Pope Francis says he'll wait to see what U.S. President Donald Trump does before forming an opinion about him.

In an interview published Saturday evening by Spanish newspaper El Pais, Francis says he doesn't like 'judging people early. We'll see what Trump does.'

Asked about populist-style political leaders emerging in the United States and Europe, Francis warned against seeking a savior in times of crisis.



He said Adolf Hitler in the 1930s' Germany 'was voted for by the people and then he destroyed the people.'

Francis laments that in crises 'we look for a savior to give us back identity, and we defend ourselves with walls, barbed-wire fences, from other peoples.'



He was interviewed Friday at the Vatican at the same time as Trump's inauguration ceremony.

Pope Francis also sent a personal message to Trump minutes after he was inaugurated saying he must take care of the poor and the outcast during his time in office.



At a time when our human family is beset by grave humanitarian crises demanding farsighted and united political responses, I pray that your decisions will be guided by the rich spiritual and ethical values that have shaped the history of the American people and your nation's commitment to the advancement of human dignity and freedom worldwide,' the message read.

'Under your leadership, may America's stature continue to be measured above all by its concern for the poor, the outcast and those in need.'

Francis, the irst pope from Latin America, has made concern for the poor and the weakest members of society a key platform of his nearly four-year-old papacy.