In a week where we suffered yet another tragic massive loss of life, we looked to President Trump to give some much-needed reassurance that would give the victim’s families some sympathy and empathy. As usual, the president made it all about himself and in a way that was more than predictable:
For this week’s edition of: “What has gone wrong with the presidency?” reveals yet another unsurprising bombshell of a story, even by Trump standards. You’d think not only a president but a father of children would show some respect for the grieving families that just lost children in the wake of the Parkland High School shooting last week. Of course, Trump did the complete opposite in a tweet he sent blaming the FBI putting in too much time to the Russian Investigation to follow-up on the tip they received on Cruz.
Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign - there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 18, 2018
Yes, he has gone full Alex Jones. It’s only a matter of time before he denies that this shooting happened. Given this administration’s penchant for alternative facts, they would deny a school tragedy happening as much as they’d accept a school tragedy that never happened.
Predictably, there has been no evidence that they missed the Nikolas Cruz tip because of the Russian Collusion investigation. This would be like former president Bill Clinton blaming the FBI for spending too much time investigating the Monica Lewinsky scandal to follow up on tips regarding Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.
Digging the hole much deeper, he then blamed Democratic leadership under the first two years of the Obama administration for alleged inaction on the issue of guns, when they had the White House and both branches of Congress. If you’d recall, when that was the case, they were busy TRYING TO BRING THIS COUNTRY BACK FROM THE PRECIPICE OF A DEPRESSION. They also were working on the Affordable Care Act, which Trump himself is actively trying to rescind. That same act that would provide for better mental healthcare. Better mental healthcare which would have done a lot more than “thoughts and prayers.”
It’s called priorities, Trump.
Between Trump’s consistent disrespect, blame-deflecting, and thoughts and prayers, all the rest of us can say is: