Well, the obvious difference is that Obama is in charge and Trump is not. Obama should be in front of the camera reassuring people, he should be in the air back to Washington, he should never have gone to kiss the ass of a dictator, he should be making it very clear that we are allied with Europe in the war against ISLAMIC terrorism. Trump doesn't have that responsibilty....yet! Originally Posted by JD BarleycornHow does that difference make any difference? Either being childish and politicizing an event is disrespectful to the dead or it isn't. Does being a presidential candidate make you somehow immune to criticism? Is it okay to disrespect the dead as long as you are insulting the president at the same time? Seems like a completely arbitrary distinction to me.
I heard Trump say today that this is an example of what is to come for the US. Last time Trump said something like that the left accused Trump of being behind the violence. Can you name anyone on the left (like a presidential candidate) who predicted attacks like this? Originally Posted by JD BarleycornI don't get it. What do you think Trump predicted? That terrorists would strike again? That's like predicting the sun will rise in the east. It's like predicting during war that the enemy will fight back. You can't possibly be impressed by this. Can you?
On top of that, how do you expect a president to comfort the nation but, at the same time, claim that they will be victims of an attack again? Trump isn't comforting anyone, he is stoking fears. It's been pretty much his whole campaign.