Whether this meets the definition of a personality disorder is a matter for medical professionals, but for average Americans the evidence is indisputable: He is willing to let deaths increase to serve his own interests.https://t.co/7ZXegtWWpt— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) May 29, 2020
Honestly, I don't think he even has his own interests in mind. I think we are seeing the depths of his incompetence be plumbed. His first tweet was very plain:
And he pushed it over to the White House feed when Twitter kinda sorta blocked it, then got Scavino to tweet the text over a picture when Twitter did the same to the White House thread. He knew exactly what he was doing: he was satisfying is id.“These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!” https://t.co/GDwAydcAOw— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 29, 2020
But that drew rebukes, not praise, and then came the walkback:
....It was spoken as a fact, not as a statement. It’s very simple, nobody should have any problem with this other than the haters, and those looking to cause trouble on social media. Honor the memory of George Floyd!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2020
And of course, he blamed the world for not agreeing with him. Then he called a press conference, except:
Tip: it isn't a press conference when it's a statement delivered without taking questions.— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 29, 2020
Worse than that:
Statement was about China. Nothing about Minneapolis. https://t.co/7htBIv0u2j— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 29, 2020
Which meant:
Minneapolis has been burning and the president decided to let his bizarre clean-up of his "looting/shooting" tweet, a line first uttered in 1967 by a Miami police chief, stand instead of talking about what is happening.— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 29, 2020
And led Jim Acosta to say:
According to Acosta, Trump’s claim that he wasn’t calling for the military to open fire on protesters is a “difficult pill to swallow,” adding that he suspects Trump “just knew that cleanup was not going to cut it, and that these reporters gathered in this Rose Garden were going to ask him this question.”This, of course, is how it's supposed to be done:
“He is a president at time, as we know, who likes to light the match, set the fire, and then run away from the flames, and that’s essentially what he did in the Rose Garden just a few moments ago.”
Thank you, Mr. President https://t.co/O9OJgZnFv1— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 29, 2020
But Trump can't manage a public statement, much less a private one. And that tells you pretty much what his interests are: getting attention, running from responsibilty, distancing from blame, and crying like a baby. Yes, that means he doesn't care who dies. It also means there is no plan, no Bannon-esque strategy, no 5th dimensional chess being played. Trump couldn't manage mumblety-peg. There's a reason he pulled out of the WHO today, and blamed China for controlling the organization. There was a time U.S. Presidents would have taken control of such an organization, would have demanded control in this situation, would have brought the world to heel, at the head of the greatest superpower in the world. But not Donald Trump. He has no idea how to wield power, only how to admire it and lust after it. But like a dog, when he catches the car he doesn't know what to do with it. Like a dog, he's wholly unfit to be in a position of leadership and administration.
When a man tells you who he is the first time, believe him. Trump is an empty suit. Trump is a failed con-man living on Daddy's money. Trump is a toddler, and we gave him a shotgun.
Weren't we clever?
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