I know it’s presumptuous to assume that we can know the essence of someone else. Strike the word “else” from that last sentence, as it’s probably just as hard for us to understand the essence of ourselves. but two statements made by Trump yesterday revealed as much of his essence as anyone would care to know, and what it revealed is unimaginably sick and bizarre.
The two backstories. One. CNN’s video shows a Tomahawk missile headed towards an Iranian elementary school in Teheran, a strike that killed 170 Iranian girls. The missile is made in the USA. Iran has no Tomahawk missiles, and even though the US has sold a few of them to other countries, none of those countries—Britain, the Netherlands, Australia, and Japan—are involved in the Iranian war.
During a press conference held at Trump’s golf resort in Doral, Florida, on Monday, the president was asked about reports that found an American Tomahawk cruise missile was likely what destroyed an Iranian girls’ school on Feb. 28. MS said,
“President Donald Trump blundered his way through a grilling surrounding U.S. responsibility for the bombing of an Iranian elementary school. Trump, 79, interrupted the reporter, saying, “Well, I haven’t seen it, and I will say that the Tomahawk, which is one of the most powerful weapons around, is sold and used by other countries. And whether it’s Iran, who also has some Tomahawks—I wish they had more—but whether it’s Iran or somebody else... a Tomahawk is very generic, it’s sold to other countries," Trump rambled. “But that’s being investigated right now.”
Two. The backstory. A US submarine sunk an Iranian warship with a single torpedo. “Sri Lankan Foreign minister Vijitha Herath said 180 people were on board the IRIS Dena. Thirty-two people were subsequently rescued by Sri Lankan naval personnel. Commander Buddhika Sampath, a Sri Lankan navy spokesman, said the rescue effort was also recovering bodies from the scene.”
Thirty-two sailors survived, One hundred and forty eight died.
In a press conference Trump said, 'Why don't we just capture the ship? Why did we sink them?' He said, 'it's more fun to sink them.'" The comment earned him laughter from the crowd."They say it's safer to sink them. I guess it's probably true." Trump's comments were shared online, where users accused him of treating the war like a board game.
Iran bought a Tomahawk missile and launched it towards an Iranian elementary school, and it’s fun to sink a boat and kill sailors, a pleasure that was shared by so many others.
And these two stories, both from yesterday, marked the sixth anniversary of Trump’s not letting a cruise ship dock in Alameda because Covid was spreading among the passengers, and if they were to set foot on land, there would officially be Covid in America, and his election chances would go down. What a guy.
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