President Obama was in Italy Thursday where he met with Pope Francis for the first time. During his visit, protesters gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Rome to criticize Obama’s policies. Among them was Piero Bernocchi, leader of the Cobas trade union.

Piero Bernocchi: “Obama has not changed the U.S. government policies, be it for the wars they engage in, nor the divisions the U.S. creates in several countries to be then able to intervene, or be it for the economic accords like the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which will be destructive for the environment and the social conditions in this country. Therefore we are here to say that he is not a welcome guest.”