Trump reacted by throwing a fit after the American people didn’t fall for his half hearted and disinterested condemnation of Nazis and the KKK.
The President tweeted:
Made additional remarks on Charlottesville and realize once again that the #Fake News Media will never be satisfied…truly bad people!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2017
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Does this look like a man who cares at all about the racist violence in Charlottesville?
He is reading the words off of the teleprompter, but he has no passion, no emotion. Trump has a thing that he does when he has to read something that he doesn’t care about. The President tunes out and reads the words like he is reading a ransom note.
The statement was days and late, and it was woefully short on the sort of compassion and vision that Americans expect from their president. The American people were not fooled, so Trump threw a tantrum when he didn’t get the universal praise that he thought he deserved for mumbling words with no feeling behind it.
Donald Trump’s biggest problem as president is that his BS isn’t working anymore. Trump isn’t fooling anybody, but the diehards who will be with him no matter what. Trump thought that he could bluff his way through the presidency, and now that his bluffs are being called, all he can do is angrily blame the media for not loving him more.
The fakery wasn’t in the media’s reaction, but the unbelievable performance that Trump put on the White House. America already knew Trump’s real feelings, which is why he shouldn’t have been surprised when is anti-racism act didn’t fool anyone.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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