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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.”
Yet it somehow started with him. Almost like he was an important factor.
Not at all. This is 50 plus years in the making.
The party has been awful for a long time, and I’m certain plans for this have been in motion for a long time, but this state of affairs started with Trump as their mascot. What’s happening now is a whole new level of fucked, and I don’t see these chuckleheads holding onto it, and not just killing each other without that orange clown. But they’re entrenched now, so maybe I’m wrong.
On the contrary my friend, those of us following this, have known about these intentions for decades. Me since the 90’s, and many much much prior, which are the ones i learned it from. The president just seized control of it, seeing the dumbassery as it was.
This doesn’t end with this president.