Nero Takes Violin Lessons

As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2019

This is not enough.

I’m not RTing the video of the Kurdish mom holding the body of her dead little girl killed by Erdogan’s forces.

I’m just going to tell you that it is gutting, and should be thrown at the feet of every @GOP coward who’s too afraid *of a tweet* to stand up to Trump.

How dare you.

— Elizabeth C. McLaughlin (@ECMcLaughlin) October 12, 2019

This is not enough.

These videos are deeply disturbing https://t.co/MXdGuQbhYo

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 12, 2019

This is not enough.

U.S. forces say Turkey was deliberately ‘bracketing’ American troops with artillery fire in Syria https://t.co/88NDLqHC97

— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) October 12, 2019

Instead, the response of the POTUS is this:

Trump is speaking at Values Voter Summit tonight: "I never though I’d see or hear that word with regard to me," he said of impeachment. "To me it’s an ugly word…it means so much, it means horrible horrible crimes and things. I can’t even believe it."

— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) October 12, 2019

Because nothing is enough to provoke a scintilla of concern from him for another human being.

At the Values Voter summit, Trump vows he is protecting religious minorities in the Middle East, touting in particular his work to help Christians in Syria & Iraq.
Meanwhile, here's what's happening on the ground in northern Syria after Trump withdrew US troops: https://t.co/1prhalrwxR

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) October 12, 2019

Nothing.