MADRID: Pope Francis on Saturday said it was too early to pass judgment on US President Donald Trump, even as he warned against populist movements that could lead to the election of “saviors” like Hitler.

In an hour-long interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais conducted as Trump was being sworn in as US president, the pontiff also condemned the idea of using walls and barbed wire to keep out foreigners.

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