"... For Trump, he is the context.
"In Donald Trump’s mind, he is the frame of reference that everything else enters.
"Trump isn’t meeting a kid who killed people, that kid is meeting him.
"Trump isn’t with an orphan. That baby is part of his photo op.
"Trump isn’t standing over a grave. The tombstone is a piece of his campaign for president.
"And
that’s why, in every one of these pictures, Trump is wearing the exact
same smile and giving the exact same thumbs-up. Because to Trump, there
is no context but Trump." -- Jonathan V. Last, The Bulwark, on the narcissistic sociopath Malignant Loser's go- to "thumbs-up" pose in any number of pictures, regardless of the context.
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"... This is a serious problem for Trump’s coalition. He has always posed as an ally and champion of veterans. This is a key aspect of his general attempt to convince people that his motive for running for office is selfless — he no longer cares about his own wealth and happiness and wants only to create a better world for Americans.
"But Trump doesn’t actually care about the country. The whole idea of caring about the country is difficult for him to fathom. He believes in the gangster ethos that people are universally selfish, that those who claim to uphold higher values are merely hypocrites, and the only exception are the saps who get conned into risking their lives for strangers.
"His goal in the Arlington visit was to smooth over his political liability by creating the false image that he actually cares about the honor of fallen soldiers. Instead, he confirmed once again that he doesn’t." -- Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine, on the dishonorable orange buffoon Malignant Loser's desecration of Arlington National Cemetery, as well as his comparing the Congressional Medal of Honor with the civilian Presidential Medal of Freedom.
