"... Trump’s display, therefore, was not just embarrassing. It was disgusting. It was reprehensible. It was yet another instance of him showing disregard and contempt for our military. Indeed, while reports came in of Americans killed and missing over the course of the weekend, he played golf, he attended parties, and he could barely be bothered to comment on the tragedies unfolding thanks to his malevolence and incompetence. 'Very sad,' was all he could muster, almost dismissively as during past such instances when he shrugged off the loss of life as just the sort of thing that happens in war.
"Happens to soldiers. Happens to innocent civilians. Does not happen to serial draft dodgers or rich guys who live in gilded palaces and who care not one whit for the consequences of their actions and policies.
"It was another nauseating, Nero-fiddles-while-Rome-burns display of insensitivity from the American president. Gut-wrenching. Infuriating..." -- David Rothkopf in his "Need To Know" Substack, on the Malignant Fascist's trying to bask in Spain's glory yesterday at the World Cup final as troops die in his war with Iran, in "Ten Reasons Why The war with Iran Is Going From Bad To Worse." Read his excellent piece, and you'll see the tie-in.
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