Trump the Second flips back to Trump the First
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It took just one week for Trump the Second to shatter the illusion that the administration was more polished and worthy of America than Trump the First.
And the reason is Donald Trump himself and his personal handling of the hideous tragedy at Washington Reagan National Airport. It was crass, cruel, contemptible. The president of the United States showed that he did not have class, competence or compassion and is too old to acquire even a modicum of each.
For, the collision of a commercial jet and a military helicopter over the Potomac River not only left 67 people dead, it made headlines around the world. The event triggered astonishment and fear, not just in the US but in other countries. Why, in the capital of America, would a commercial plane and a military craft be so near each other they collide mid-air? What went wrong? What lessons should be learned? By everyone?
Mr Trump, however, wasn’t having any of that. No calm reflection nor compassion for the grieving families. Instead, he laid straight into his predecessors, Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama. He declared that Mr Biden’s Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was also to blame, dredging up the first curse ever uttered by a president at a White House briefing room press conference: “He’s just got a good line of bullshit”.
And he blamed Diversity Equity and Inclusion policies, without offering any proof that anyone black or brown or blind or challenged in any way was responsible for the crash. As US media has noted, there isn’t any affirmative action in the hiring of air traffic controllers, anyway. And there is no evidence that diversity initiatives led to the accident, nor that such practices result in poor operational outcomes.
That doesn’t matter to Trump the Second, who was able, in just one week, to show he is still exactly like the first edition. This is not the new improved version. There cannot be any.
Originally published at https://www.rashmee.com
