EXCLUSIVE: TRUMP DEMANDED — AND GOT — FRONT ROW SEAT AT POPE’S FUNERAL OR HE WOULDN’T HAVE ATTENDED

"It wasn’t a request, it was a requirement," sources tell #ShuterScoop.

Donald Trump wasn’t about to settle for second best — even at the funeral of a pope.

Multiple Trump insiders confirm to #ShuterScoop that Trump's highly-coveted front-row seat at Pope Francis' funeral was a condition of his attendance — not a polite request.

"He made it very clear before he even agreed to travel: front row or no show," a diplomatic source spilled. "If they had said no, he wasn’t coming. Period."

Wearing a bright blue suit in a sea of black-clad dignitaries, Trump sat proudly in the front row — a breach of long-standing Vatican funeral protocol, where royal heads of state and Catholic monarchs are traditionally given the top spots.

Under normal Vatican rules, Trump would have been seated in the third row, behind monarchs and Catholic royalty — just as President Biden was relegated to the 14th row at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in 2022 (something Trump has mocked ruthlessly ever since).

But insiders say Trump’s team strong-armed the Vatican into making an exception.

"They knew he would turn it into an international incident if he wasn't treated like a king," an official told us. "They decided it was better to just give him what he wanted and avoid a spectacle."

The seating stunt, however, hasn’t gone unnoticed inside Vatican circles.

"It was humiliating," one senior source confessed. "We bent the rules because we knew he’d make a scene. This wasn't about honoring the Pope — it was about feeding Trump's ego."

Bottom line: Trump didn’t just show up — he showed them who’s boss.