"The Pope is from Chicago. This is one of the biggest moments in the modern history of our city," said Mayor Brandon Johnson in a statement.

The preliminary agreement is the first of dozens of tariff-lowering deals that Trump is trying to land in coming weeks after blitzing the global economy with steep new import taxes in a bid to reshape global trade in U.S. favor and shrink a $1.2 trillion U.S. goods trade deficit.

This morning, the city of Chicago — famously known as the City of Big Shoulders — is embracing one of the biggest honors in its history: the election of one of its own as the first American pope.