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John Kelly Defends Trump On Soldiers, Says Obama Didn’t Call Him, Says America Doesn’t Respect Women
Ok, so John Kelly, rather than coming out and decrying the fact Donald Trump used his son as political cannon fodder this week, instead decided to hold an actual press conference to defend Trump's errant remarks to the widow of an African American service member killed in Niger.
And yes, I am serious. Here are the bullet points from Bloomberg:
KELLY: NO `PERFECT WAY' TO CONSOLE FALLEN SOLDIERS' FAMILIES
KELLY: TRUMP EXPRESSED CONDOLENCES IN BEST WAY HE COULD
KELLY SAYS HE WAS `BROK
When is this nightmare going to end? America has already died of embarrassment and the American government is the living dead.
“Obama hosted Kelly at a breakfast for Gold Star families after his son died, the Associated Press reported, citing White House visitor logs”
And he still spins it in Trump’s defense. Unbelievable. Either he loves America *that much* or he hates Dems/Obama more than he loves (loved?) his son.
You know things have gone completely to shit when losing your life for the armed forces loses its integrity and becomes the proverbial football among politicians.
Today was really difficult for John Kelly. I fully believe he chose his words carefully. He remains in that WH as his continued service to America. Don’t lose faith in him.
It isn’t like the Executive Branch and all the Past Offices of Presidents – as the quintessential representation of the US government and the people it supposedly represents – have not had more than abundant opportunities in the past couple of hundred years many wars to learn the most appropriate – and even if never adequate – best possible way to express the condolences, appreciation, and sadness of our nation to the families US soldiers killed while defending nation and its interests.
The problem with Donald Trump is that he is a pathological know it all and narcissist and thinks he knows more than all his Presidential predecessors and therefore doesn’t have to learn anything from them. The results of his knowledge and the value of his opinion of his own knowledge – stand in stark and utter contrast to the actual reality of his inadequate knowledge, intellect and psychology. Every day Trump just adds a more embarrassments to his long and sad list of them.