Rubin: A president incapable of comforting a nation in grief

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Trump chose not to govern as a unifer. As such, he had no role in Pittsburgh as it buried its dead.

I cannot imagine the families of those killed in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing refusing to meet with President Clinton; or the families of the Sandy Hook children refusing to meet with President Obama; or the families of 9/11 victims refusing to meet with President George W. Bush; or the shuttle Challenger crew’s family refusing to meet with President Reagan in 1986.

But then Clinton would never have attended a campaign rally on a day Americans died; Bush would never have blamed the airline employees; and Obama would never have blamed the school administrators for the death and destruction. Reagan didn’t step off the tarmac to make a few remarks, continue on to a political rally and then joke around that he was having a bad hair day because of the rain. (Instead, Reagan gave one of the most memorable speeches of his presidency, from the Oval Office, instead of delivering the State of the Union address.)

These presidents, whatever you think of their politics, were decent men, in possession of empathy and a deep understanding of the enormity of the office they held.

The bipartisan refusal of federal, state and local officials (including the Republican speaker and Senate majority leader) to accompany Trump to Pittsburgh and, thereby, condone his self-absorbed presidential photo-op was remarkable and, in a way, unifying. The Washington Post reported:

“A mourning family doesn’t want to meet him. Leaders of his own party declined to join him. The mayor has explicitly asked him not to come. Protesters have mobilized. And yet President Trump visited this grief-stricken city Tuesday, amid accusations that he and his administration continue to fuel the anti-Semitism that inspired Saturday’s massacre inside a synagogue.

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[lapfog_1]

1. no one should be surprised... he threw paper towels at hurricane victims

well, really NOT hurricane victims... mostly at his staffers pretending to be hurricane victims.

narcissists and sociopaths never have empathy for others. He is both.

[bronxiteforever]

2. No sympathy,no mercy, no empathy

All hate straight through. Like the proctologist says, he is all assho#e.