{"id":32063,"date":"2016-07-14T18:16:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T01:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32063"},"modified":"2016-07-15T02:12:36","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T09:12:36","slug":"donald-trump-is-already-trying-to-take-political-advantage-of-the-tragedy-in-nice-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32063","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Is Already Trying To Take Political Advantage Of The Tragedy In Nice, France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News reports of a horrific incident in Nice, France are unfolding in real time. The latest estimates of fatalities is in the seventies, with many more injured. There are few facts available to explain what occurred, but the media is speculating that it is an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Campaign-2016\/trump-redface.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31669\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/1378230585525066\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At times like these ethical leaders are expected to refrain from making irresponsible remarks that could muddy the waters and add to the confusion that is always present in breaking news. And most of all, they are morally prohibited from seeking political gain from the suffering of others. Suffice to say that Donald Trump is not an ethical leader.<\/p>\n<p>While bodies were still strewn about the streets of Nice, Trump took to Twitter to exploit the tragedy. His first tweet was relatively innocuous saying only:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another horrific attack, this time in Nice, France. Many dead and injured. When will we learn? It is only getting worse.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/753720863606775809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>How does that comment help the situation? Trump is stating the obvious and then asking an absurd question. Someone should ask him <em>&#8220;When will we learn WHAT?<\/em> Does he have a lesson plan on the threat of trucks mowing down pedestrians that he&#8217;d like to share with us? And his warning that &#8220;It is only getting worse&#8221; is typical of his campaign&#8217;s reliance on fear mongering.<\/p>\n<p>The only reason he is commenting at all is to get his name into the news cycle. And that is even more apparent in the tweet that followed:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In light of the horrible attack in Nice, France, I have postponed tomorrow&#39;s news conference concerning my Vice Presidential announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/753728269019549696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It would be understandable if Trump&#8217;s news conference tomorrow involved a subject that was frivolous or otherwise disrespectful following this event. But the announcement of a vice-presidential candidate doesn&#8217;t fit that criteria. In fact, it almost rewards the perpetrators of this act by demonstrating that they can disrupt our democratic processes with their brutal and cowardly attacks. It&#8217;s a victory for the terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>There is no excuse for Trump canceling his announcement. It would not offend anyone if it went forward. So why did he do it? Because tomorrow the media is still likely to be tightly focused on what happened in Nice and Trump&#8217;s VP announcement would get buried. The only reason he canceled the news conference is so he can reschedule it at a time when he will get more attention. That I can tell you.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his tweets, Trump called into Fox News for an interview with Greta Van Susteren. Of course, the subject of the incident in Nice came up and Trump proved that he is utterly incapable of governing in a world with this sort of danger and turmoil. Here are some excerpts from the interview:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Van Susteren:<\/strong> What would you be doing right now?<br \/>\n<strong>Trump:<\/strong> I&#8217;d be making it very, very hard for people to come into our country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s what he&#8217;d be doing RIGHT NOW? He wouldn&#8217;t be contacting President Hollande of France and other world leaders? He wouldn&#8217;t be assembling his national security team? He wouldn&#8217;t be assessing the threat level here in the U.S.? He went on to repeat his mantra of building a wall and banning people from <em>&#8220;terrorist&#8221;<\/em> countries. It&#8217;s as if all he knows is what&#8217;s been prepared for him in his stump speeches. And then:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Van Susteren:<\/strong> What do you think President Obama should be doing about this?<br \/>\n<strong>Trump:<\/strong> Well, the first thing he should do is say that it&#8217;s radical Islamic terrorism.<br \/>\n<strong>Van Susteren:<\/strong> And then what?<br \/>\n<strong>Trump:<\/strong> And then not let people into our country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Really? Van Susteren tried to give Trump opportunities to flesh out his answers with something coherent, but Trump was oblivious. The remainder of the interview was totally useless and flagrantly self-serving. It even included a swipe at Hillary Clinton when he said that <em>&#8220;Hillary is weak and ineffective. She created ISIS.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is this type of ignorant blathering that illustrates why Trump would be downright dangerous if he had any real power. He is wholly ill-equipped to govern and every opportunity he is given to prove himself ends in embarrassment. If the media does its job, remarks like these by Trump will be showcased for voters so hat they can make an informed choice in November. If that occurs, the choice should be an easy one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News reports of a horrific incident in Nice, France are unfolding in real time. The latest estimates of fatalities is in the seventies, with many more injured. There are few facts available to explain what occurred, but the media is speculating that it is an act of terrorism. At times like these ethical leaders are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,1,692,16],"tags":[1124,554,33,608,31,1146],"class_list":["post-32063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-terrorism","category-wankery","tag-campaign-2016","tag-donald-trump","tag-fox-news","tag-greta-van-susteren","tag-hillary-clinton","tag-terrorism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-redface.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-8l9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42385,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42385","url_meta":{"origin":32063,"position":0},"title":"Trump Won&#8217;t Condemn White Nationalist Domestic Terrorists for Fear of Offending His Base","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/4\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The casualties are piling up as gun violence in America continues unabated. 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