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You are here: Home / White House / Trump Turns Day of Grieving Into Day of Grievances

Trump Turns Day of Grieving Into Day of Grievances

August 8, 2019 at 6:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“It was intended to be a day for President Donald Trump to pay his respects to the victims of two deadly mass shootings, thank first responders and serve as consoler-in-chief,” NBC News reports.

“But before he even left the White House on Wednesday for El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, the president used his bully pulpit to settle political scores and lash out against slights.”

Daily Beast: “It underscored a reality that’s become obvious to anyone who has ever worked for or even casually observed Trump: He’ll find a way to make nearly any national tragedy into an airing of his personal grievances, and neither he nor nearly anything else will change in the process.”

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