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babylonsister

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Thu Jun 4, 2020, 06:27 AM Jun 2020

Trump at Odds with Every Living President

https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/03/trump-at-odds-with-every-living-president/

Trump at Odds with Every Living President
June 3, 2020 at 8:23 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard


“Four U.S. presidents spoke this week about systemic racism and injustice. They used their platforms to illuminate the humanity in all Americans and to decry the dehumanization of some. And they summoned the nation to confront its failures, make change and come together,” the Washington Post reports.

“A fifth U.S. president spoke instead this week about using military force to dominate Americans who are protesting racial injustice. He declared winners and losers among state and city officials trying to safeguard their streets. And, with his reelection campaign in mind, he sought to apply a partisan political lens to the national reckoning over racial inequities.”
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Trump at Odds with Every Living President (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2020 OP
Not long ago Trump was asked if he would ask his predecessors for advice. Arkansas Granny Jun 2020 #1
Bolsanaro too? dreamland Jun 2020 #2

Arkansas Granny

(31,483 posts)
1. Not long ago Trump was asked if he would ask his predecessors for advice.
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 07:04 AM
Jun 2020

He didn't think that was necessary.

He knows that he is an abysmal failure and can't risk the comparison.

President Donald Trump said Sunday that as he tackles the current national crisis, he doesn’t want to “bother” his predecessors and doesn’t think he’s “going to learn much” from them.

In response to a reporter’s question on whether he would reach out to any former presidents (George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama or Jimmy Carter), Trump implied that wasn’t in the cards.

“I think we're doing an incredible job. So I don't want to disturb them, bother them,” he said at the White House coronavirus task force briefing. “I don't think I'm going to learn much and, you know, I guess you could say that there's probably a natural inclination not to call.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/03/22/trump-coronavirus-past-presidents-143131
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