(07-01-2024, 04:17 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: He genuinely does seem to be lacking empathy.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/06/donald-trump-iowa-school-shooting


"Donald Trump┬átold an audience at a campaign event on Friday in Iowa to ÔÇ£get overÔÇØ a deadly shooting at a high school in the state a day earlier.



After offering sympathy and emotional support for the victims of the shooting in Perry, Iowa, and their families, Trump┬ásaid┬áat the event in Sioux Center: ÔÇ£ItÔÇÖs just horrible ÔÇô so surprising to see it here. But we have to get over it. We have to move forward.ÔÇØ
TrumpÔÇÖs comments on the shooting that occurred about 36 hours earlier were the first he had made addressing the violence.
FridayÔÇÖs remarks were not the first time in the last year that Trump has apparently tried to deflect from having a substantial conversation about gun violence in the US. During a┬áspeech┬áin April 2023 to the National Rifle Association, Trump argued that the long history of deadly school shootings in the US is ÔÇ£not a gun problemÔÇØ. He instead blamed the issue on Democrats, mental health issues, marijuana and the transgender community.

TrumpÔÇÖs recent comment on the Perry shooting was criticized by the Democratic Super Pac American Bridge.

ÔÇ£We knew Trump lacked empathy for others, but no one thought he could go this low and tell Iowans to simply ÔÇÿget over itÔÇÖ as they grieve from a situation communities across the country know all too well,ÔÇØ the American Bridge presidential campaigns communication director, Brandon Weathersby, said in a┬ástatement┬áon TrumpÔÇÖs comments. ÔÇ£This is beyond the pale, even for Trump.ÔÇØ

(07-01-2024, 06:00 PM)harm_less Wrote:

(07-01-2024, 04:17 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: He genuinely does seem to be lacking empathy.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/06/donald-trump-iowa-school-shooting


"Donald Trump┬átold an audience at a campaign event on Friday in Iowa to ÔÇ£get overÔÇØ a deadly shooting at a high school in the state a day earlier.



After offering sympathy and emotional support for the victims of the shooting in Perry, Iowa, and their families, Trump┬ásaid┬áat the event in Sioux Center: ÔÇ£ItÔÇÖs just horrible ÔÇô so surprising to see it here. But we have to get over it. We have to move forward.ÔÇØ
TrumpÔÇÖs comments on the shooting that occurred about 36 hours earlier were the first he had made addressing the violence.
FridayÔÇÖs remarks were not the first time in the last year that Trump has apparently tried to deflect from having a substantial conversation about gun violence in the US. During a┬áspeech┬áin April 2023 to the National Rifle Association, Trump argued that the long history of deadly school shootings in the US is ÔÇ£not a gun problemÔÇØ. He instead blamed the issue on Democrats, mental health issues, marijuana and the transgender community.

TrumpÔÇÖs recent comment on the Perry shooting was criticized by the Democratic Super Pac American Bridge.

ÔÇ£We knew Trump lacked empathy for others, but no one thought he could go this low and tell Iowans to simply ÔÇÿget over itÔÇÖ as they grieve from a situation communities across the country know all too well,ÔÇØ the American Bridge presidential campaigns communication director, Brandon Weathersby, said in a┬ástatement┬áon TrumpÔÇÖs comments. ÔÇ£This is beyond the pale, even for Trump.ÔÇØ

And as proof that Trump has now lost the plot completely he has released this video. Apparently it's not (meant as) a parody  

(08-01-2024, 09:28 AM)zqwerty Wrote: Trump is an idiot:

ÔÇ£people are always asking me, ÔÇÿyou know so much about this, how do you know so much about science?ÔÇÖ Maybe I have a natural ability for it.ÔÇØ

Trump Mocked After Claiming Magnets DonÔÇÖt Work Underwater at Rally - 'All I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, thatÔÇÖs the end of the magnets,' Trump declared

"Look, having nuclear ÔÇö my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart ÔÇö you know, if youÔÇÖre a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world ÔÇö itÔÇÖs true! ÔÇö but when you're a conservative Republican they try ÔÇö oh, do they do a number ÔÇö thatÔÇÖs why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune ÔÇö you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because weÔÇÖre a little disadvantaged ÔÇö but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me ÔÇö it would have been so easy, and itÔÇÖs not as important as these lives are ÔÇö nuclear is so powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? ÔÇö but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners ÔÇö now it used to be three, now itÔÇÖs four ÔÇö but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they havenÔÇÖt figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, itÔÇÖs gonna take them about another 150 years ÔÇö but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us, this is horrible"

(08-01-2024, 10:06 AM)harm_less Wrote:

(08-01-2024, 09:28 AM)zqwerty Wrote: Trump is an idiot:

ÔÇ£people are always asking me, ÔÇÿyou know so much about this, how do you know so much about science?ÔÇÖ Maybe I have a natural ability for it.ÔÇØ

Trump Mocked After Claiming Magnets DonÔÇÖt Work Underwater at Rally - 'All I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, thatÔÇÖs the end of the magnets,' Trump declared

"Look, having nuclear ÔÇö my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart ÔÇö you know, if youÔÇÖre a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world ÔÇö itÔÇÖs true! ÔÇö but when you're a conservative Republican they try ÔÇö oh, do they do a number ÔÇö thatÔÇÖs why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune ÔÇö you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because weÔÇÖre a little disadvantaged ÔÇö but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me ÔÇö it would have been so easy, and itÔÇÖs not as important as these lives are ÔÇö nuclear is so powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? ÔÇö but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners ÔÇö now it used to be three, now itÔÇÖs four ÔÇö but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they havenÔÇÖt figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, itÔÇÖs gonna take them about another 150 years ÔÇö but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us, this is horrible"

FFS, and I thought Luxon's word salads were bad.

(09-01-2024, 08:16 AM)zqwerty Wrote: Trump suggests that, if re-elected, he would have Biden indicted

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suggests-re-elected-biden-indicted-rcna132810

He's a slippery character.

(09-01-2024, 12:16 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: If America allows a convicted fraudster to stand for election it simply tells the world how far that nation has fallen.

(09-01-2024, 08:16 AM)zqwerty Wrote: Trump suggests that, if re-elected, he would have Biden indicted

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suggests-re-elected-biden-indicted-rcna132810

He's a slippery character.

(10-01-2024, 11:40 AM)zqwerty Wrote: Totally Cool Trump Rants For SIX Solid Minutes About Criminal Immunity Appeal In Falsehood-Riddled Late-Night Attack

https://www.mediaite.com/news/totally-cool-trump-rants-for-six-solid-minutes-about-criminal-immunity-appeal-in-falsehood-riddled-late-night-attack/