Trump Tweets Out Support for Charlie Gard;

Media Refuses to Mention

If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2017



The media, strangely, chose not to report on this tweet.

Though maybe that's not so strange-- many have entirely embargoed the name "Charlie Gard" from their coverage.

When Trump tweets, media is all over...oh... pic.twitter.com/5Hs6qqUoRc — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 3, 2017



Meanwhile, Francis seems to be disputing his advisory council and now saying he supports Charlie Gard's parents' right to choose what "care" is given to their child.

�He prays for them, wishing that their desire to accompany and care for their own child to the end will be respected.�

Ed Morrissey notes that the word Crux (the magazine that was quoted from) translated as "care for" is better translated as "treat," as in "medically treat:"

Veteran Vatican reporter Francis X. Rocca translates it into a more explicit reference to �treat� the baby from the official Italian-language statement..

Italian text of pope's statement in support of Charlie Gard's parents and their "desire to accompany and treat their baby till the end" pic.twitter.com/fEjXOqs14E — Francis X. Rocca (@FrancisXRocca) July 2, 2017



"Treat" might be the better translation -- wordreference.com lists the first definition of the word in question (curare) as "nurse," and then "take care of." Obviously you can see the word "cure" lurking around in there.

I wouldn't get too hopeful that Francis is having a general change of heart on his liberal instincts -- he just refused to renew the term of service of a conservative Cardinal.