Presidents throughout history have led the nation to grieve during tragedy – until now. As over 90,000 Americans have died due to COVID-19, Pres. Trump is breaking the bipartisan custom of consoling the nation. During an entire month of briefings, Trump devoted less than one percent of his total time to condolences (as the Washington Post reported), a marked contrast to Presidents Bush, Clinton, Obama and Reagan. MSNBC Anchor Ari Melber delves into the historical footage, noting President’s action or inaction shapes “how the nation is protected,” adding, "this is not normal. We should not act like this is normal.”(This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. ). Aired on 5/19/2020.
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Cant avoid the ugly numbers this year has been. Could have, but can’t now
@William H Music 2020 In Germany, where they didn’t listen to him.
@William H Music 2020
😂😀😂😁
@William H Music 2020 LOLOLOL!!!!!
@William H Music 2020 Really. *Hundreds* of thousands? The US is the only country that will exceed 100,000 dead. More COVID deaths in the US by almost 3x than the closest ‘competitor”. That indicates that the US has had the WORST leadership of all countries in this regard. So how do you figure? I’m guessing your abacus is broken. Are you agreeing that Trump did a horrible job, but considering his execrable intelligence he could have done far worse? That’s the only explanation that makes sense.
@William H Music 2020 <<<---------- is what you get when you crossbreed a troll with a spammer.
Great Leaders: The Buck stops here. Trump: I don’t take responsibility…🙄☹️
@Chris Davies that would be lie number????
@Walter White You need to keep your racist ideals to yourself. 94 thousands Americans dead and your trying to blame a race that is not the same as yours. You should be ashamed of yourself to even call yourself a human being.
@Walter White and that! China has nothing to do with the incompetene of Donald J Trump’s handling of this emergency and calamity
@Rich Rue Ready, set, it came out of Chyna!
Why else would it be called the ‘Slant Eye’ Virus??
Exactly. Worthless piece of crap he is the rotten Orange has fallen far from the tree
Trump’s Dementia Senile (TDS) doesn’t allow him to realize the gravity of the situation. He woldn’t dare to go to a Hospital and pay a visit to dying Americans, and thank the personnel working there. Those docs and nurses are risking theri lives, but, tRump does not empathize with the American people, medical personnel included.
Now that he is protected by the shield of HCQ he should get out there and visit those who are sick with the virus in hospitals. I’m confident our “great” president will do that, aren’t you?
@Worrywart Confident woludn’t really fit in that sentence. If anything, I would be confident that he won’t, not in a million years. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😷😷
He would never lie his life on the line!
Trumps taxes! Time to pony up fat boy. 🍔 hamberger
Like lambs to the slaughter, Americans, get back out there, and crank up the economy, for the love of billionaires!
But whatever you do, on November 3rd, VOTE! Make it BLUE if you want a humane leader in our White House!
The Orange
“Pied Piper”.
Thats exactly what Trump wants.
**** the rich. No privacy, no sense of giving (not the work of charities), and living off people’s money. Nothing wrong with being rich when it’s hard earned, stop living off our tax money. We need to be like the Netherlands.
Trump has failed miserably. 94 000 deaths and more dying like flies. But of course, nothing is ever his fault.
Auckland. NZ
Purple Hill History will judge him harshly I hope for his lack of empathy for 95 000 deaths so far.
Auckland. NZ
ღSwnsasyღ _ Awful ! It affects me a lot. And I do not live there in USA.Trump lives there and he is not affected.
Auckland. NZ
Jennifer Jones Hi Jennifer again. Terrible news. We had Zero cases for four days in a row now. Am praying USA will get to that level. But unlikely. Your comments as usual on here are very caring.
Auckland. NZ. Lanie Llames & John Lightfoot
John Alsop Sometimes I am lost for words and this affects me more than you think it does John. I also pray for my wife’s sister who is American John. Merlyn lives in Reno Nevada.
Trump and his sons are not very caring people and are very nasty.
Auckland. NZ
Randy Couch I guess there are many historical things which are not right Randy.
Auckland. NZ
This is a person, using the term lightly, who has NEVER felt a HUMAN EMOTION in his sad pathetic life. He’s a worthless waste of space! He always has been and will always remain a worthless piece of crap!
The important difficult challenge is Trump, the lying lunatic
Trump’s phone call with a survivor of the Parkland mass shooting back in Feb of 2018, actually angered the student, who said her conversation with the president “didn’t make me feel better in the slightest.”
Samantha Fuentes, a High School student who was shot in both legs during the attack, recounted her call in an interview:
“He said he heard I was a big fan of his, (she wasn’t) and then he said, ‘I’m a big fan of yours, too,’ ” Fuentes told the Times.
“I’m pretty sure he made that up,” she continued. “Talking to the president, I’ve never been so unimpressed by a person in all my life.😂 He didn’t make me feel better in the slightest.”
@Joanne Battersby thank you
@Joanne Battersby thank you for your empathy. I feel that the loving Americans are praying for your country as well. Please continue to keep US in your thoughts.
also : President Trump told the widow of a slain U.S. soldier that “he knew what he signed up for”
john friet
Yes I remember that one it was soo shocking !!
It’s was like he was saying ” so what!”
Yes, LaDavid! I’m Russian and I remember his name, albeit not confident about the spelling. What I am pretty confident about is that HE (trump) could NOT remember the fallen hero’s name while talking to his widower (a mom of two with one on its way). Then it was followed by all the “empty barrel” disaster. Terrible! Sometimes I double check that they ALL indeed speak English. Otherwise, I’m having a hard time believing this is happening in America…
It is not in Trumps genes to feel empathy. He is a soulless, empty individual. The only two things he cares about are money and his image.
And, he can’t take his money with him but his image will live on forever and the most pathetically cruel and self centered person to ever walk on this earth.
GoldenEra 4ever My grandmother 👵 always said there’s no pockets in a shroud, this was the clothing a person was buried in. Money & greed are he’d god.
This shows just how despicable trump is.
This video shows how outstanding and moral Obama was and is and what a truly awful human being Trump is
History Lover 👏👏👏👏
Wait til November. Don’t let him win. He belongs in prison along with the senate leader, Moscow Mitch. And all the republikkkans in our government. Dems, too.
Get him out
Trump is a hero, Odunga is the scum of the earth.
“Consoling” is not in Trumps vocabulary.
i doubt many things are
In his vocabulary you’ll only find words like “tremendous” “hoax” and “fake”
Trump almost felt true sorrow when the stock market dropped 2 months ago.
It’s never been why do people think he will change he never has been like this. He never cared about people ever when before he was president did he care about anything and anyone? He was never a public servant a lawyer a teacher or anything ever he was always a pusher a consumer a liar a con
@J. C. i think that was panic.
Trump always seems to make everything about himself.
Trumps taxes! Time to pony up fat boy. 🍔 hamberger
seems????????
That his biggest problem
Philip Mancera to big for his body so you know it’s huge
Always. He’s a toddler in a senior citizen’s clothing.
Zero leadership Zilch nada zero nothing PATHETIC
nil and void…
Goose egg
Duh! The reason Trump has devoted less time to condolences is because he isn’t sorry.
@Nick R how is he a communist? for exercising his right to freedom of speech, which is protected by the first amendment? do you even know what communists even is or are you just saying it just because?
@Evo Dan Dude, recommending a tRump website is not going to cut it. You look like an amateur.
Poor baby, did Mommy take away your rattle?
trump knew about the virus dec 2019….jan 18 cabinet meeting to make trump see how serious the virus was….jan 27 they held a intervention to get trump to pay attention to the virus??? all trump did in 2020 was play golf. VOTE BLUE in 2020 & remove trump from office….tell all VOTE BLUE in 2020 we can get the senate & congress…REMOVE trump & moscow mitch & a few more…there are more of us then trumps cult so we could WIN. if you leave a remark add on VOTE BLUE ln 2020….spread the word VOTE BLUE in 2020 trump sabotage the U & thousands died & i hold him responslble for all who died. VOTE BLUE in 2020…we can not take 4 more years of trump,,,,,tell all VOTE BLUE in 2020 please
@Ice 247 bull, dems were too busy trying to do a bogus impeachment, they knew and Schiff was even in charge of that department. They said it was nothing in their little news conference they loved so much.
Trump is unable to feel empathy he just doesn’t care at all for people. He is the worst president of America ever . You need a leader who cares.
Vote him out of office.we can’t have four more years of Trump.Trump must go 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇
Trump must go to his father, the DEVIL
Sam Brown 🙏
Narcissistic people cannot feel sorry for anyone. It is all about them.
Trump will never show remorse for anything he’s done wrong. Instead he will blame everybody else
The persons who caused this? HE DID IT!!! BY NEGLECTING THE DANGER.
War criminal.
There’s no best president of the United States, but there’s a WORST: Donald Trump
Trumps taxes! Time to pony up fat boy. 🍔 hamberger