Another chapter in Mr. Trump’s ongoing saga “This American Carnage” will play out today in Pittsburg, as the popular vote losing pResident and his wife Melania will travel there today to “ help the community grieve.”
Unable to openly campaign today because it would appear unseamly in light of Saturday’s hate crime, and unwilling to sit alone in the White House and watch someone and something else be the center of attention on TV, today the pResident will lead a grief rally, once again placing himself at the center of events, co opting the valor honor and grief of others for his personal glory.
The guy does this over and over again and it makes me sick.
We call it photobombing when someone inserts themselves into others photos. Trump routinely does this — crashes weddings being held at his properties to kiss bride and have his photo taken with the wedding party, in firm belief they they will treasure the moment. We need a new expression for this, when someone inserts themselves into pubic events to grab a share of the
— Co-opting the grief and honor of others — its one of the most vile traits that our current president owns. He did just this In his first official public appearances as pResident. On Jan. 21, 2017 Mr Trump visited CIA headquarters in Langley Virginia, where he staged a speech to the captive audience of CIA staffers and employees, using the wall of honor as his backdrop.
Prior to his speech, Mr Trump had been given a private tour of the facility during which the wall of honor was explained to him — Trump clearly failed to listen or understand the significance of the stars on the wall — each one honoring an agent who died in the line of duty. Unlike the stars on the Hollywood walk of fame, many of those stars on the wall of honor at CIA are nameless — because the agents died working undercover — and their undercover status is preserved even after death — as part of the need to protect sources and methods. He cluelessly remarked during his speech on the need for more stars on that wall!
Trump who managed to avoid military service now relishes the opportunities to rub elbows with generals and heroes. He regularly awards the Medal of Honor to American heroes. More it seems to me because he gets to do that, to be the award giver,to choose the time and place and have his photo taken with the heroes or their family, than because those men and women deserved the recognition. Call me a cynic, but that is what it looks like to me.
So today in Pittsburg, I predict the pResident will do what he often does when on camera, he will try to steal the scene and make it about him. Trump Trump and Trump. Trump has been the victim of attacks, by the press. Trump has suffered the loss of family. Trump has Jewish grandchildren he understands. \
In Trump’s mind, the people of Pittsburg, friends and family of the fallen and Jews everywhere should be honored to have Trump help them grieve, as long as he can do it on national television and only if the media makes the story mostly about him.
Sad. Grotesquely sad this pResident.
Trump’s vanity and vile grief bombing make me sick.