There is no more selfish, self-serving GOP presidential hopeful than Donald Trump, as he proved last night during the horrific Amtrak disaster.
As many across the nation, especially those in the North East, were fixed to their TV screens Tuesday night to learn all they could about the horrific Amtrak train derailment that killed seven (just announced, so far) and has injured about 200, Donald Trump saw an opportunity for self-aggrandizement and to separate himself from the rest of the presidential candidates, announced and unannounced.
Yes, as emergency workers were trying to locate and help those still alive, literally pulling apart the metal that covered the train to rescue them, Donald Trump offered not one word of support for the families of those hurt or killed, but rather, launched into a Twitter rant about how he should be president, because, only he knows how to build.Â
While there’s no question that America’s infrastructure is crumbling and Congress has refused to invest in roads, rail, bridges, and transportation, there’s a time and place. When people literally lay dying isn’t the time.
After three vile tweets, he ignored all criticism and started up again this morning.
Over at Mother Jones, Ben Dreyfuss wrote, “Donald Trump Is Such An Awful Idiot.”
“He used the crash to launch into a predictably tasteless political rant which you can seek out if you want but it’s nothing special,” Dreyfus writes. “At the end of it though he tweeted what may be the most perfectly hilarious awful tweet ever. So perfect is this awful tweet that I am almost suspicious that it is satire.”
It was not.
How vile was trump’s behavior?
Even the vile Tea Party Twitchy founder and hate monger Michelle Malkin was disgusted by it:
As were plenty of others:
Our thoughts today are with the loved ones of the Amtrak victims.
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