"What kind of psychopath poses with an infant whose parents were killed"

[kpete]

It is the sort of photo politicians have long been known to favour: adorable baby, thumbs up, big smiles.

Few, however, would surely pose this way in such grave circumstances.

Donald Trump has sparked global revulsion after being photographed grinning with a two-month-old child who was made an orphan during Saturday’s mass shooting in El Paso which left 22 people dead.

The infant’s adopted parents, Andre and Jordan Anchondo, were both killed in the supermarket massacre, while he himself suffered broken bones when Ms Anchondo fell on the child to shield him from further bullets.

But when the baby, called Paul, was brought to the US president at the University Medical Center of El Paso, the 73-year-old appeared untouched by the child’s tragic plight. Both he and first lady Melania smiled for cameras, while the commander-in-chief also threw in a thumbs up.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-melania-baby-el-paso-thumbs-up-hospital-parents-mass-shooting-a9049086.html

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/8/1877815/--What-kind-of-psychopath-poses-with-an-infant-whose-parents-were-killed?utm_campaign=trending


For what it’s worth, the baby’s uncle told NPR that he supports Trump, that the baby’s father did too, and that he (the uncle) looked forward to meeting Trump when he visited. The interview is worth a listen. (link: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/748972066/family-of-el-paso-victims-speaks-out) npr.org/2019/08/07/748…

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In Dayton, Trump had to look around for someone appropriate for the photo-op even if they weren’t involved in the mass shooting.

"Police are working to determine what led to the shooting of a 7-year-old child Tuesday night in Dayton by someone a caller said fired from a passing car."https://www.whio.com/news/local/year-old-shot-wounded-and-taken-hospital-dayton-police-investigating/7WmP4ILxNGf00GCx3VhXmO/amp.html?__twitter_impression=true …


7-year-old shot, taken to hospital; Dayton police investigating
(UPDATE @ 11:21 p.m.): Police are working to determine what led to the shooting of a 7-year-old chil
"The call from a woman who identified herself as the child's aunt said the child was being taken to Miami Valley Hospital in an SUV."https://www.whio.com/news/local/year-old-shot-wounded-and-taken-hospital-dayton-police-investigating/7WmP4ILxNGf00GCx3VhXmO/amp.html?__twitter_impression=true …



So, if this is the same child, she is a gunshot victim, but, she would not be one of the victims of the deadly mass shooting that took place in the Oregon Historic District that Trump intended to visit and comfort.

But, the image itself served Trump's campaign PR purpose.

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[FM123]

1. Oh no. This makes me sick to my stomach.

[atreides1]

2. You pose a good question

Perhaps someone should ask the uncle...what kind of psychopath he is...to use his orphaned nephew as a way to meet Trump?

[Stuart G]

3. This one picture has the power to destroy Trump.

All that is needed is a very short description of why Trump is holding the baby and the baby's circumstances for being there. Especially these words, "The baby in question was discharged the day before and brought back for Trumps visit."

[brush]

26. I hope so as I can't take much more of this sick MF in the White House.

Smiling with a thumbs up sign, and "be best" first lady being anything but as she holds the orphaned baby with a big smile.

What the hell is there to smile about? Do these two have any real human emotions at all?

[gordianot]

4. That smile is sick.

I prefer Psychopaths who do not smile. When is the last time have you seen that creep smile? I wonder where that tiny thumb has been?

[eShirl]

9. it's more of a grimace, IMO

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[Tanuki]

12. It is a creepy, grotesque, and utterly insincere rictus, a charade of an

emotion he does not feel. Reminds me of when he pulled the same mug on an obviously unnerved Little Miss Flint:

[hedda_foil]

13. That poor little girl looks traumatized.

[gordianot]

14. If I saw my child in close proximity to such a creepy looking character.

I would be very alarmed and would intervene.

[Tanuki]

16. This is how the same little girl responded to Obama:

[struggle4progress]

33. +

[Sugar Smack]

25. His hand is *around her wrist*, like he's scared he's gonna get a germie.

And that sweet baby girl. Children KNOW. She's terrified of monsters, and this one has her by the wrist. I will never forget either one's face in this picture.

[PSPS]

17. I tip my hat to you for using the perfect noun: "rictus"

Yes, a hospital full of victims of violence is such a happy place, especially when the instigator of the violence comes to visit! Thumbs up! Smiles all around! Happy days!

[3catwoman3]

35. It's a leer. The onlytime he looks like he has a genuine smile...

...is when he is with the Russians or the bloodthirsty North Korean dictator.

[Initech]

5. Shit eating grin and a thumbs up pose. What a scumbag!

[Kid Berwyn]

6. Melissa Quinn Amour asked THE question the WH press corpse fears ask.

They do know the answer: A psychopath.

They’re just afraid of what will happen to their cushy job if they ask it.

[panader0]

7. Disgusting beyond belief.

[Raven]

8. This man had a hand in changing that poor child's life forever. Only a psychopath

would be giving a thumbs up under these circumstances. But we know he's a madman. We should turn our focus on the Republican Party.

[Takket]

10. Leadership:

[Roland99]

11. Baby to the disinterested woman to its left: the fuck you do this for??

[COLGATE4]

15. I'd call Trump a raging asshole

except that would be patently unfair to raging assholes.

[LiberalFighter]

18. The uncle and aunt need to be hounded for this.

[GusBob]

19. I blame them totally

That poor child is gonna have a fucked up life

When he gets old enough to realize what happened and how he was pawned

Poor kid

[jmg257]

20. What f*&ing assholes..

Sheesh - do they not care a shit about anything or anyone else?!? (rhetorical question)

[Tanuki]

21. ......

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[lunatica]

37. For a second there I thought this was a real quote

It could have been. That’s the tragic part.

[Fla Dem]

22. And what's with the stupid thumbs up. Telling the shooter he did a good job?

This man is so depraved and self centered, he has no idea how to display empathy. Sicko, sicko, sicko.

[smirkymonkey]

23. That is just grotesque!

God, he and his scumdoll wife are just so disgusting. I really can't believe that they have so little compassion. None. It's sickening.

[lunasun]

24. I didn't bring it here but I've been wondering what a young child was doing @ 1am in a bar district

Now I know - just a trump love parent or medical staff saying hey she was shot and if nothing is said it will look like victims of the mass shooting want to meet you

Thumbs up 2 Hispanic dead they were your parents smile baby

[brush]

28. The baby was in the El Paso shooting not the Dayton night time shooting.

[Ptah]

29. was made an orphan during Saturday's mass shooting in El Paso

was made an orphan during Saturday’s mass shooting in El Paso

[lunasun]

41. Oh I was talking about the girl in Dayton that turns out to be a shooting victim but not from the

mass murder there
Yes my last sentence was about the baby boy in El Paso

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. To be fair, President Obama did meet with some of the siblings of the Sandy Hook victims.

However, unlike Trump, his interactions actually felt warm and natural and caring and not the part of some sick, disgusting self-serving photo-op.

[Caliman73]

38. I think all presidents have taken pictures with victims and relatives after tragedy.

GW Bush took pictures with 911 victims and family, but as you said, President Obama, in so much as we know about him, appears to be a genuinely caring human being. We've seen him cry and belly laugh, and quite crying babies, and all manner of pro-social behavior. He just seems to have a knack with people. Bill Clinton for his problems with women, also genuinely empathetic and caring. Even GW in his stilted way, showed concern 1:1 with people.

Trump does not appear to have the capacity to care for other people in any real way. He cares for them only insomuch as they serve his needs.

I suppose it is all subjective. the photos are disgusting because Trump is disgusting.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

40. Well put. nt

[rsdsharp]

30. Big greasy, used-car-salesman smile? Check!

Tiny little thumbs up? Check!

Baby whose parents were slaughtered due to my rhetoric? Check, and check!

[lagomorph777]

31. What the fuck?

Re-traumatizing that poor baby! God damn that pig.

[Wednesdays]

32. WTF is wrong with people

who thinks this is all normal and okay!?

[3catwoman3]

34. Can someone please just cho his...

...fucking thumbs off?

(Please don't scold me for the fantasizing - it is just venting.)

[lunatica]

36. I can actually feel my gut twisting in revulsion

I already despise Trump and Melania, but I now think Melania is a Sociopath too. She might as well have worn that creepy jacket again.

[leftyladyfrommo]

39. What a cluster fuck. nt