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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump bullied a man as overweight, then didn't apologize
At a 2020 campaign rally in New Hampshire on Thursday night, a protest broke out. A Trump supporter sought to remove the protesters. And as that was happening, the President of the United States yelled this into the microphone:
"That guy's got a serious weight problem. Go home. Start exercising. Get him out of here please. Got a bigger problem than I do. Got a bigger problem than all of us. Now he goes home and his mom says, 'What the hell have you just done?'"
For anyone familiar with Trump's rhetoric, it's clear he misunderstood the situation. He regularly taunts protesters at his rallies by telling them to run home to their moms. Trump clearly thought the man escorting the protesters out was a protester himself, not a Trump supporter.
Briefed on his mistake after the rally, Trump called the man and left a message thanking him for his support, according to CNN White House reporter Kaitlan Collins.
But, as Kaitlan noted:
"Trump did not apologize, a White House official tells me. He phoned the supporter, left him a message thanking him for his support, but did not use the words 'sorry' or 'apologize.'"
No, of course he didn't.
1) We have a President who thinks fat-shaming someone in front of thousands of people is a totally acceptable thing to do
2) The crowd laughed and applauded when Trump made the comment about the man's weight
3) Trump only decided to reach out to the man when informed he was a supporter
4) The White House went out of its way to make clear that Trump did not apologize to the man. (Trump never apologizes)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/politics/donald-trump-fat-new-hampshire-rally/index.html
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Donald Trump bullied a man as overweight, then didn't apologize (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
Aug 2019
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Turbineguy
(37,359 posts)1. Supporters don't need apologies.
They have degraded themselves enough.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)2. Narcissists only apologize if it benefits THEM.
Trump is definitely one and doesn't truly give a crap about anyone else.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)3. Trump doesn't apologize - ever. He thinks it makes him look weak.
Of course, we know it takes a strong, secure person to admit they wrong. Trump is neither of those things.