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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.”
He doesn’t care about legacy. A perfect hedonistic nihilist.
He cares very much about his legacy. That’s part of why he’s trying to get his name on a bunch of stuff, build out monuments, and host celebrations. However, he thinks he’s more popular than he actually is, and doesn’t understand how anyone could not like him which leads to him thinking the legacy he is trying to manufacture is genuine and going to last.
does he not understand that if he can rename them after himself, someone else can rename them again just as easily?
He may realize he’s putting so many horrible things in motion that the naming issue probably won’t be seen as the highest priority
I agree, but would also add that he seems to enjoy the infamy that his haters have afforded him
I believe that his name on things is a plan to collect royalty payments.
That’s a random theory. It seems clear to me that every action trump takes, he does so with people talking about him in mind and he revels in it whether they are saying good or bad things about him.