Joe Lockhart: "A chance to be human and show empathy. It's just not there."

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Joe Lockhart ✔@joelockhart

The Peter Alexander question actually was a good question and one @potus should have hit out of the park. It gave him a chance to talk directly to the American public about what we all face together. A chance to be human and show empathy. It's just not there. #25thamendement

1:35 PM - Mar 20, 2020

They don't got this at all.

[Dr Vegas]

1. That's what I said

instead it became an opportunity to bait his followers/supporters. I even felt his response was well planned or even staged

[kentuck]

2. That's the problem, isn't it?

It was an opportunity to be presidential. Once again, he failed.

[Traildogbob]

11. Fox said....

He changed his TONE. It was all the headlines, being pResidential. (Do I really need a sarcasm emoji here?)

[lastlib]

12. More importantly, it was a chance to be a decent human being.

He FAILED. F*cking MISERABLY!!

We can all imagine how Barack Obama would have handled that question, and we would have felt at least some degree of reassurance that a), he gave a damn about something besides himself, and b) that he was giving some degree of leadership to resolve the crisis unfolding around him. And he sure as hell wouldn't have gone into a sick tantrum about how mean the world was to him, and how it should all be about praising him and elevating him above all else, as if he was a god.

Shitgibbon cannot find that capability within himself, because it isn't there.

[Caliman73]

25. President Obama would never have been asked that question.

Mainly because he would have already shown his humanity and leadership months ago in dealing with the crisis. Agree or disagree with some of President Obama's policies, you could always tell that he was driven by the desire to do good onto others. That was ALWAYS apparent in his leadership.

As you said, Trump is incapable of showing even a little bit of humanity. He has no feeling for other people, except in how he can used them to his advantage.

[dalton99a]

3. How many chances have they given him since January 20, 2017?

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. Every damn day. He gets a reset every damn day.

[trueblue2007]

14. TRUMP HAS FAILED THE TEST EVERY TIME.

TRUMP HAS FAILED THE TEST EVERY TIME. He is a rotten leader. Time to take out the trash. Throw Trump to the curb. #LockTrumpUp

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. Well if you want to know how fruitless this is .look

at his approvals. Not a dip to be found

[spanone]

4. He shows us daily that he is unqualified to do ANYTHING.

[Lulu KC]

5. He's really like the worst dad ever

Thank goodness we have Nancy. I'd like to see her do a daily presser. Or maybe just a rotating daily presser with actual leaders. Same time as his, different station.

[grantcart]

17. Worst step dad. Keeps staring at his step daughter's crotch.

[erronis]

30. Nancy to do a daily presser on MSM opposite the septic tank that is the peeResident

Great idea.

How many MSMs will do this? If it is critical mass then it would have a stunning effect.

That, and forcing airports to put on CNN/MSNBC/CSPAN instead of Fux. (Oh, nobodies in airports anymore.)

[Lulu KC]

35. I just read that Joe is planning a daily something

That will be a nice antidote. Now if he can start assembling his shadow cabinet and include a scientist? I am so in!

DT is like the dad who says to his crying child, "You want something to cry about? I'll give you something to cry about!"

[Lulu KC]

36. And voila!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287679398

[erronis]

37. As they say: From you to god's ear..... (smilie)

[Brainfodder]

6. Expecting much is foolhardy at best?

[LibfromtheNorth]

7. I think his strategy has changed

He's going full V for Vandetta. Hopes the virus stays for a while so he can try to cancel November elections due to a National Emergency and continue being President of all the Trumpanzees

[erronis]

31. V for Vendetta? Or V for Vlad?

stable boy.

[Withywindle]

8. Exactly

That was clearly a call for a disaster boilerplate statement involving platitudes about compassion and courage, etc. Any real President could have done it. He's just not capable. He sees himself as a mighty boss, but a boss is not the same thing as a leader.

[malaise]

9. The problem is that Peter mentioned numbers - the number of US deaths and the number

of Americans infected with Covid-19 - that set him off - he hates facts.

[bdamomma]

20. hates numbers too

He needs to go!!!!!!!! Someone or a lot of somebodies must just tell this POS off. He is a threat to all of us.

[malaise]

21. +1,000

[ancianita]

10. Who says they WANT to. They don't. Let's just give up on thinking their values are ours.

Even Jesus wept. It's all we can do. Then resolve to move on without them.

They need to shut up and get out of the way if all they can offer is HYPE.

[Roland99]

15. Sociopaths are incapable of empathy

[djacq]

16. SEAN SPICER RETURNS AS A WH REPORTER!!

MSNBC just reported that former WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer was amongst the press.

[link:https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-dodges-sean-spicers-question-at-white-house-briefing-2020-3|

[onenote]

18. Roger Stone probably will be next.

[bdamomma]

22. He's gathering up

his thugs again to fall on the sword again.

[underpants]

28. Nothing in his hands to take notes. He was there for Newsmax and to plant a question

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213137126

[Mercurian]

29. With or without

his bunny suit?

[SunSeeker]

23. K & R

[Skittles]

24. some narcissists learn to mimic decency

Trump cannot even PRETEND to care.

[cilla4progress]

26. Alexander actually was giving asshole an

opportunity to show his humanity.

Sociopath.

[underpants]

27. Simply not acting like a jerk would help. Trump grew up going to Norman Vincent Peale's church

Positive. Always positive. Even discussing fear or weakness is negative. Negative means something went wrong. Possibly leaderships fault. That just can't happen.

[Rebl2]

32. I saw that

exchange and thought what the hell. It was a reasonable question and IT just went off on Alexander. It’s just because he works for NBC and IT hates NBC. He even pretty much said so. He called Comcast, concast which owns nbc. They aren’t the con Trump-YOU ARE.

[Warpy]

33. He's a malignant narcissist. He can't show it. It's not only

not there, he is incapable of faking it because he can't see any reason to, it doesn't feed HIM.

Remember, everything and everyone exists to feed him, to convince him he's alive and not just alive, essential to the continued operation of the universe.

He is a badly damaged man who should simply not be where he is. In fact, I can't think of any appropriate place for a malignant narcissist where they won't do tremendous damage.

[Wounded Bear]

34. Trump was served up a batting practice fastball and he charged the mound...