From The Atlantic-Trump is past being able to do his job

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Trump lacks the humanity for behaving appropriately under these circumstances. He lacks the intellect. He lacks the capacity and compentency for the job and you have to be an idiot not to understand it at this point.

No One Knows Trump’s Next Move

Part of a president’s job is to be a unifying figure in times of national crisis. This president could be past the point where he can take on that role.

It was a part of the presidency that would come to surprise Bill Clinton, if only because of its heartrending frequency. Soon after the gun massacre at Columbine High School in the spring of 1999, Clinton flew to Littleton, Colorado, to talk with students, teachers, and parents mourning the deaths of the 13 victims. So much of his job, he told the audience, centered on a task that had nothing to do with his constitutional duties: comforting survivors of mass shootings. “More than we ever could have imagined,” he said, his role was “to be with grieving people.”

That’s not something that comes naturally to President Donald Trump. Consoling a nation calls for empathy and eloquence; Trump hasn’t shown much capacity for either. Presidents often use scripture as a balm when people are hurting; Trump seems little moved by religious faith or feeling. Part of a president’s job is to be a unifying figure in times of national crisis. After 30 divisive months in office, Trump could be past the point where he can take on that role. The question now is whether his countrymen even expect him to.

So far, Trump’s response to this weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, has been uneven. He’s sent out the obligatory condolences and offers of federal assistance via Twitter. But he has also taken time to tweet favorably about two of his political supporters. A full day has passed since the El Paso shooting without Trump making a live statement on camera, though he made a cameo at a private wedding at his golf club in New Jersey, where he spent the weekend.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/el-paso-and-dayton-shootings-donald-trumps-reaction/595429/

[democrank]

1. Imagine...an appearance at a private wedding, nothing more.

What a despicable person.

[Grasswire2]

2. He played golf today. nt

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

3. You've got it.

Playing golf, making a cameo at a wedding for one of his customers, tweet some thoughts and prayers. Even George W. Bush knew how to act like a human being. There is sometning seriously wrong with Trump. I know, in other news water is wet, but you picked the right word-despicable.

[Laxman]

4. Some Responsibilities Come With Every Job....

and if you're the President, providing a national response to tragedies is one of them. Time and again, Trump proves he lacks humanity. There isn't a single incident, from Hurricane Maria, to Charlottesville, to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to the shooting on the Las Vegas Strip right up to this week's latest horrors at Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton, where Trump has behaved appropriately for a human being, let alone the President of the United States in the wake of a high profile incident.

[Corgigal]

5. Secret service can't allow

the fool near grieving people. The room would be torn apart.