Donald Trump has been condemned as a “vile, disgusting man” and a “sick human being” after gloating over the death of Robert Mueller, a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Mueller, a decorated Vietnam war veteran who led a politically explosive investigation into Trump, died on Friday aged 81, triggering a callous reaction from the US president.
“Robert Mueller just died,” Trump responded quickly on his Truth Social platform. “Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
Even by the president’s own norm-shredding standards, the comment was unusually harsh. There was a chorus of opprobrium from the “Never Trump” movement in his own Republican party.
Michael Steele, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, wrote on X: “@realDonaldTrump you are a vile disgusting man. Petty and pathetic, you are a hypocrite who reeks of weakness and insecurities with no moral core. Regardless of the politics, the American people should be embarrassed and ashamed for ever having entrusted you with leadership.”
Certainly seems that way, but I’m not going to stop.
I have a coworker who became a christian a few years ago and blindly believed and voted republican. They’ve since come around and see what’s happening. They left their church because they saw how mainstream Christianity didn’t actually follow the teachings and started their own church. They are selling their luxury vehicle because they don’t want to be materialistic.
People can change.
That’s awesome. Your coworker sounds like a really cool person. I just don’t think they are representative of most Christians in this country. If anything, your friend is the “Christian”, while the congregation they left behind are Christians.
[long heavy sigh]
You do understand that starting their own church isn’t necessarily a bad thing, right?
People who have a faith aren’t all koolaid drinkers. Many of them live their lives in service to others.
One can, and many do, accomplish that without promoting mythology as fact.
Humans are not all the same. The world would be a sad place to live if that were the case.
You believe as you choose, as do I.
The world would be a sad place if people were capable of doing good things for each other without the trappings of superstition? That’s a new one to me.