On Thursday, a pipe bomb along with some suspicious white powder was sent to CNN, intended to reach political correspondent and former CIA Director John Brennan. On Friday, the Time Warner Center mall, which houses the CNN studios and offices, had to be evacuated a second time because of “unattended packages.”
On Saturday, the president of the United States tweeted more insults at them.
At this point, no one hopes or expects that Trump will be “presidential” about anything. All Americans can hope for now is that he won’t make things worse with his vile rhetoric and fear-mongering. Apparently, that is just too much to hope for from the “fake news” president.
There’s never been a good tragedy that Trump couldn’t twist to make all about him. He still doesn’t seem to understand that, as president, he cannot control the way others perceive or speak about him. One would think that a man who came to political prominence by criticizing a U.S. president and spreading discord about a fake birth certificate among racist crowds who refused to believe that a black man was a real American would know this.
There is no longer a calm voice of reason, no person in the White House who challenges us to be our best selves, a person who serves as a moral authority. Instead, the United States is stuck with a carnival barker who encourages violence and hate until the day we can all vote the hatred out of the top levels of our government.
Twitter was not amused by Trump’s continued inflammatory rhetoric. Read some of their comments below:
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