Trump is simply an old man who no longer gives a fuck about anything. Yet another example:

[DetlefK]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/16/1707356/-Watch-Trump-Say-that-Obama-Never-Called-Families-of-the-Fallen-Then-Blame-His-Generals-For-that-Lie

"The traditional way, if you look at President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn’t make calls. A lot of them didn’t make calls. I like to call when it’s appropriate, when I think I’m able to do it."

...

Alexander: "Earlier you said that President Obama never called the families of fallen soldiers. How can you make that claim?
Trump: I don’t know if he did. No, no, no. I was told that he didn’t often, and a lot of presidents don’t. They write letters. I do a combination of both. Sometimes it's a very difficult thing to do, but I do a combination of both. President Obama, I think probably did sometimes. And maybe sometimes he didn’t. I don’t know. That’s what I was told. All I can do is ask my generals."



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Maybe Obama did or maybe he didn't. Who cares. Trump will do his job not when he has to do his job but when he feels like doing his job. Who cares.





When Trump talks about meeting the President of Puerto Rico or when he accidently rails against the First Amendment or when he tells a lie so obvious it doesn't even qualify to be a lie...

When Trump fails to sell his healthcare-plan, when Trump fails to find funding for his border-wall, when Trump fails to build bipartisan support for a tax-reform, when Trump fails to come up with better ideas than the Iran-deal or NAFTA or NATO or the Paris-Accords...

He doesn't care anymore.
He has his luxurious life, he has his money, his hobbies, his family... He no longer gives a fuck about anything else.

He's 70 years old.
He just no longer gives a fuck.

[JI7]

1. he does care about how he is viewed in comparison to Obama and that's what his statement was about

it was meant to try to make him look better compared to Obama .

[Scarsdale]

7. Never happen.

President Obama is twice, even three ties the man that orange shithead is. President Obama worked his way up in life, no father gave him millions of $$$, to cover up incompatance like tRump's father had to. President Obama has intelligence, class and dignity. tRump fails in every measure of a decent human being. He is a joke. Bloated, orange, fake hair, fake billionaire, fake human being. Total FAILURE. I loathe this repulsive piss poor excuse for a president.

[Solly Mack]

2. Trump has always been this way.

He makes statements that favor him whether they are true or not. In that moment, when the idea or thought occurs to him, out it comes from his mouth.

In the past, he knew most people wouldn't call him on it. Especially in social situations where his guests chose not to offend - or be attacked for calling him out.

Now he knows his followers are too stupid to question anything he says.

He has told lies as a means to brag his entire life. It shows a clear lack of self-esteem. Feelings of low self worth.

He doesn't give a fuck and never has about telling lies.

[Dave Starsky]

3. "I do a combination of both."

Really? I'd love to hear from ONE family whom he's tried to console about the death of their loved one. Just one.

I'll just wait over here in the corner with my copy of The World Book encyclopedia.

[murielm99]

4. So he started walking back the lie.

Obama didn't do it often, and neither did a lot of Presidents. The old "I was told" excuse. Asking his generals.

When he drops the big one, he will use some variation of "I was told," combined with asking his generals.

Nothing is ever his fault. But he claims credit for anything good.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Even if someone did tell him, and I don't believe that is true, he should

have asked his Generals(wtf) if that was true before speaking on something he didn't know anything about. He's lying of course

[handmade34]

5. oh he cares...

he cares about revenge against President Obama


(but you are correct, he cares about nothing else)

[Scarsdale]

9. I suspect

that late at night, or early morning when nobody is awake, he KNOWS he is a failure. That is the reason for these horrible tweets he sends. His third marriage has been over for years, now she is just there for photo ops plus the big payoff he promised. Their divorce papers were ready to be signed when he was told he was in line (thanks Vlad) for the presidency. So, an agreement was made with the porn "model" to stay and pretend to be happily married. He should have married an actress, since Maleria is not good at pretending to be happy. She is like a robot, with lots of plastic surgery and expensive clothes. His feckless sons, Beavis and Butthead are dependant on daddy, still. He has to pay Jr's legal bills. He must pay for those animal killing s-o-b's to go shoot wild animals, too. Poor Donnie, he fails at EVERYTHING. Unfortunately, this time WE are caught up in this mess. Thanks gop cowards who will not tell the truth about him.

[greymattermom]

8. I'm his age

and I give a fuck. It's not age that makes him who he is.

[TexasProgresive]

13. I'm with you. He never gave a f*ck since he was born.

And if anyone has a case of full blown arrested development it's this toddler in chief.

[enough]

14. Thanks, I was about to say exactly that. NT

[aka-chmeee]

10. And of course, the most important reason to even make this statement

is to make the call (of which we have only his assertion that they will happen) all about him. In the 10 months that he has been squatting in the White House, has he had so many events where this response would be appropriate that he can even make a claim that "he does a combination of both"?

[Butterflylady]

11. I doubt very much

that he has ever written a letter in his whole life, let alone a condolence letter, and since when are they "his" generals. Makes it sound like he owns them.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Someone's racist granddad became president.

He benefited from the great silencing of the latter decades of the 20th Century when everybody thought that Title 8 wiped out racism.

[spanone]

15. he instinctively lies then has to lie to cover his lie