Anderson Cooper steals Trump's thunder by attributing applause at Pope Francis' funeral to another world leader

During a unrecorded broadcast of Pope Francis' funeral, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper redirected attraction from Donald Trump attributing a burst of applause pursuing the US President's accomplishment to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 

As the ceremonial wide for the precocious Pope Francis unfolded successful Vatican City connected Saturday, Trump made a highly publicized entranceway to St. Peter's Basilica, accompanied by his wife, Melania, and different satellite leaders.

The infinitesimal was met by a noticeable circular of applause from the crowd, a absorption that rapidly caught the attraction of cameras and commentators astir the globe.

However, Cooper, anchoring CNN's unrecorded coverage, diverted attraction distant from the 47th President claiming the roar of applause wasn't intended for Trump.

'And there's President Zelensky. Wow!' Cooper said arsenic the clapping continued.

'His representation has been shown connected a show in, and that's wherefore you perceive radical really applauding now. They're applauding President Zelensky erstwhile helium appeared connected immoderate of the jumbotrons.'

The CNN big went connected to explicate that 'most of the radical who are present successful St. Peter's Square who are lasting successful the assemblage can't really spot President Zelensky, but there's a fig of jumbotrons positioned passim the square, and that's what that applause was.'

Prior to the solemn event, Trump and Zelensky met briefly, marking their archetypal face-to-face brushwood since a tumultuous White House meeting, arsenic the US President pushes for a bid statement betwixt Ukraine and Russia.

According to the White House, the leaders had a 'very productive' meeting, with much details expected to follow.

'President Trump and President Zelensky met privately contiguous and had a precise productive discussion,' White House communications manager Steven Cheung said.

Zelensky aboriginal posted connected X: 'Good meeting. We discussed a batch 1 connected one. Hoping for results connected everything we covered.

'Protecting lives of our people. Full and unconditional ceasefire. Reliable and lasting bid that volition forestall different warfare from breaking out.

'Very symbolic gathering that has imaginable to go historic, if we execute associated results. Thank you POTUS.'

Neither Trump nor Zelensky interacted publically successful beforehand of the cameras connected Saturday anterior to the service.

Body connection adept Judi James described their interaction to MailOnline: 'This is phenomenally intense-looking assemblage language, made each the much surreal by the mounting it's occurring in.

'Their poses present marque them look similar 2 men hunched implicit a crippled of chess, plotting and competing,' she said, adding: 'It's the destiny of the satellite they are haggling over.'

'The horn-locking positioning of the heads could look sinister, suggesting conflict, but the adjacent proximity of the 2 men present and the mirrored positions seems to measurement the equilibrium successful the absorption of moving to statement alternatively than conflict.'

While Trump met with 1 satellite leader, helium appeared to debar immoderate enactment with his predecessor, erstwhile President Joe Biden, during the three-hour Catholic mass.

Trump and Melania were seated successful the beforehand row, portion the Bidens - some wearing sunglasses - were disposable a fewer rows behind. No enactment was observed betwixt the 2 erstwhile presidents.

En way to Rome, Trump commented connected the anticipation of gathering Biden astatine the funeral: 'It's not precocious connected my list. It's truly not.' 

He besides seemed unaware that the Bidens would adjacent beryllium contiguous astatine the funeral.

'Oh helium is? I didn't know,' Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

Both Trump and Biden aboriginal came nether occurrence for allegedly violating the formal codification astatine the Vatican service. 

The authoritative guidelines required men to deterioration a acheronian suit, a agelong achromatic tie, and a achromatic shirt, with each outerwear - including shoes, socks, coats, and umbrellas - besides to beryllium black.

Trump, however, wore a bluish suit and matching tie, portion Biden besides opted for a bluish tie.

Critics called the prime disrespectful, arsenic did immoderate successful effect to Zelensky's attire, who attended the ceremonial without a tie. 

Most different satellite leaders were dressed successful ceremonial black, successful accordance with Vatican tradition.

Alison Graham, a mourner successful the crowd, remarked: 'Why is Trump the lone antheral satellite person who is wearing a bluish suit? Has helium nary consciousness of appropriacy? Shame connected him.'

Another viewer, Sam, added: 'How disrespectful - Trump is wearing a bluish suit to a funeral.' A third, Madaelene, fumed: 'Did helium not person a achromatic suit? At slightest a acheronian bluish one? Where is the respect?'

Prince William besides drew immoderate disapproval for wearing a acheronian navy suit - though helium adhered to the regulations with a achromatic tie.

The Vatican's formal codification further stipulated that men should deterioration a achromatic fastener connected the near lapel of the jacket, reserved for Vatican honors. Women were expected to deterioration agelong achromatic dresses, gloves, and veils, with jewelry constricted to a drawstring of pearls.

Melania Trump followed protocol, wearing an elegant achromatic lace veil, matching gloves, and elemental achromatic pumps, on with a diamond-studded transverse pendant.

Meanwhile, cardinals and patriarchs were requested to deterioration achromatic damask mitres, portion archbishops and bishops were required to deterioration amices, surplices, cinctures and reddish stoles.

The satellite leaders were among hundreds of thousands gathered successful St. Peter's Square - galore waiting overnight for a spot - arsenic Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re remembered the Pontiff arsenic 'a pope among the people, with an unfastened heart.' 

Applause roseate arsenic helium praised Pope Francis for his 'conviction that the Church is simply a location for all, a location with its doors ever open.'