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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,858 posts)
1. He'd have to have a heart to speak from.
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 11:14 AM
Oct 2017

He isn't interested because it isn't about him and he doesn't have anyone to insult. However, it does detract a bit from his fuckup in Puerto Rico, so he'll do a photo op on Wednesday, which will include some more obviously insincere platitudes.

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
2. I didn't even bother to watch or listen to his fake empathy
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 11:14 AM
Oct 2017

He feels nothing for no one but himself. I'm not sure he feels genuine love for his children so I highly doubt he feels an ounce of empathy for the victims or their families.

Anything he did and said in response to this shooting is pretend. Though I'm sure his deplorables are weeping with love for their master and what a great leader he is in this dark time.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
5. He barely tolerates his three older children.
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 11:19 AM
Oct 2017

Because he wants to jump his daughter's bones, and his sons sort of run his businesses while he fucks around Tweeting all day.

But he appreciates nothing and no one other than himself.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
4. He doesn't stumble only when he's being bigoted
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 11:16 AM
Oct 2017

There's a reason he hates reading from a teleprompter; he's just no good at it. That's particularly true when the words he's trying to read words of comfort, of shared grief. He's an enthusiastic (but not a particularly good) speaker when he's ranting about how awful are all the people who criticize him or insult him in any way. He saves his rage especially for Blacks, Muslims, and women. And, of course, Democrats.

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)
6. This is the very first time I ever watched him say something
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 11:23 AM
Oct 2017

from start to finish, even during the campaign season. I couldn't believe my ears when I witnessed his wooden platitudes. Although I consider myself a Christian (not christianist ), all I thought about was What about the atheists? I guess they don't get any comfort.

librechik

(30,676 posts)
10. sociopaths have no empathy. They try to ape the sincerity of others
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 11:37 AM
Oct 2017

but it comes out flat and unconvincing. He doesn't know how it feels to feel.

meow2u3

(24,773 posts)
12. Narcissists have no empathy, either
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 11:48 AM
Oct 2017

Narcissists like tRump can't even freakin' FAKE empathy nor sincerity.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
11. Nobody's going to give him a gold star for reading that speech all by himself?
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 11:46 AM
Oct 2017

It's an unmatched act of literacy for him.

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