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It is the sort of photo politicians have long been known to favour: adorable baby, thumbs up, big smiles.
Few, however, would surely pose this way in such grave circumstances.
Donald Trump has sparked global revulsion after being photographed grinning with a two-month-old child who was made an orphan during Saturdays mass shooting in El Paso which left 22 people dead.
The infants adopted parents, Andre and Jordan Anchondo, were both killed in the supermarket massacre, while he himself suffered broken bones when Ms Anchondo fell on the child to shield him from further bullets.
But when the baby, called Paul, was brought to the US president at the University Medical Center of El Paso, the 73-year-old appeared untouched by the childs tragic plight. Both he and first lady Melania smiled for cameras, while the commander-in-chief also threw in a thumbs up.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-melania-baby-el-paso-thumbs-up-hospital-parents-mass-shooting-a9049086.html
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/8/1877815/--What-kind-of-psychopath-poses-with-an-infant-whose-parents-were-killed?utm_campaign=trending
For what its worth, the babys uncle told NPR that he supports Trump, that the babys father did too, and that he (the uncle) looked forward to meeting Trump when he visited. The interview is worth a listen. (link: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/748972066/family-of-el-paso-victims-speaks-out) npr.org/2019/08/07/748
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In Dayton, Trump had to look around for someone appropriate for the photo-op even if they werent involved in the mass shooting.
"Police are working to determine what led to the shooting of a 7-year-old child Tuesday night in Dayton by someone a caller said fired from a passing car."https://www.whio.com/news/local/year-old-shot-wounded-and-taken-hospital-dayton-police-investigating/7WmP4ILxNGf00GCx3VhXmO/amp.html?__twitter_impression=true
7-year-old shot, taken to hospital; Dayton police investigating
(UPDATE @ 11:21 p.m.): Police are working to determine what led to the shooting of a 7-year-old chil
"The call from a woman who identified herself as the child's aunt said the child was being taken to Miami Valley Hospital in an SUV."https://www.whio.com/news/local/year-old-shot-wounded-and-taken-hospital-dayton-police-investigating/7WmP4ILxNGf00GCx3VhXmO/amp.html?__twitter_impression=true
So, if this is the same child, she is a gunshot victim, but, she would not be one of the victims of the deadly mass shooting that took place in the Oregon Historic District that Trump intended to visit and comfort.
But, the image itself served Trump's campaign PR purpose.
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FM123
(10,054 posts)atreides1
(16,094 posts)Perhaps someone should ask the uncle...what kind of psychopath he is...to use his orphaned nephew as a way to meet Trump?
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)All that is needed is a very short description of why Trump is holding the baby and the baby's circumstances for being there. Especially these words, "The baby in question was discharged the day before and brought back for Trumps visit."
brush
(53,924 posts)Smiling with a thumbs up sign, and "be best" first lady being anything but as she holds the orphaned baby with a big smile.
What the hell is there to smile about? Do these two have any real human emotions at all?
gordianot
(15,247 posts)I prefer Psychopaths who do not smile. When is the last time have you seen that creep smile? I wonder where that tiny thumb has been?
eShirl
(18,505 posts)-----> <-----
Tanuki
(14,924 posts)emotion he does not feel. Reminds me of when he pulled the same mug on an obviously unnerved Little Miss Flint:
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)gordianot
(15,247 posts)I would be very alarmed and would intervene.
Tanuki
(14,924 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)And that sweet baby girl. Children KNOW. She's terrified of monsters, and this one has her by the wrist. I will never forget either one's face in this picture.
PSPS
(13,620 posts)Yes, a hospital full of victims of violence is such a happy place, especially when the instigator of the violence comes to visit! Thumbs up! Smiles all around! Happy days!
3catwoman3
(24,070 posts)...is when he is with the Russians or the bloodthirsty North Korean dictator.
Initech
(100,108 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,991 posts)They do know the answer: A psychopath.
Theyre just afraid of what will happen to their cushy job if they ask it.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Raven
(13,904 posts)would be giving a thumbs up under these circumstances. But we know he's a madman. We should turn our focus on the Republican Party.
Takket
(21,644 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)except that would be patently unfair to raging assholes.
LiberalFighter
(51,170 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)That poor child is gonna have a fucked up life
When he gets old enough to realize what happened and how he was pawned
Poor kid
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Sheesh - do they not care a shit about anything or anyone else?!? (rhetorical question)
lunatica
(53,410 posts)It could have been. Thats the tragic part.
Fla Dem
(23,785 posts)This man is so depraved and self centered, he has no idea how to display empathy. Sicko, sicko, sicko.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)God, he and his scumdoll wife are just so disgusting. I really can't believe that they have so little compassion. None. It's sickening.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Now I know - just a trump love parent or medical staff saying hey she was shot and if nothing is said it will look like victims of the mass shooting want to meet you
Thumbs up 2 Hispanic dead they were your parents smile baby
brush
(53,924 posts)Ptah
(33,044 posts)was made an orphan during Saturdays mass shooting in El Paso
lunasun
(21,646 posts)mass murder there
Yes my last sentence was about the baby boy in El Paso
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,219 posts)However, unlike Trump, his interactions actually felt warm and natural and caring and not the part of some sick, disgusting self-serving photo-op.
Caliman73
(11,752 posts)GW Bush took pictures with 911 victims and family, but as you said, President Obama, in so much as we know about him, appears to be a genuinely caring human being. We've seen him cry and belly laugh, and quite crying babies, and all manner of pro-social behavior. He just seems to have a knack with people. Bill Clinton for his problems with women, also genuinely empathetic and caring. Even GW in his stilted way, showed concern 1:1 with people.
Trump does not appear to have the capacity to care for other people in any real way. He cares for them only insomuch as they serve his needs.
I suppose it is all subjective. the photos are disgusting because Trump is disgusting.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,219 posts)rsdsharp
(9,214 posts)Tiny little thumbs up? Check!
Baby whose parents were slaughtered due to my rhetoric? Check, and check!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Re-traumatizing that poor baby! God damn that pig.
Wednesdays
(17,450 posts)who thinks this is all normal and okay!?
3catwoman3
(24,070 posts)...fucking thumbs off?
(Please don't scold me for the fantasizing - it is just venting.)
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I already despise Trump and Melania, but I now think Melania is a Sociopath too. She might as well have worn that creepy jacket again.