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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
WELKER: Do you think it's appropriate for POTUS to celebrate the death of Bronze Star recipient?
BESSENT: Neither one of us can understand what's been done to the president & his family
W: So there's nothing wrong w/post saying, 'Good. Mueller's dead'?
B: We should have empathy for the president
WELKER: Do you think it's appropriate for POTUS to celebrate the death of Bronze Star recipient?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-22T14:29:30.099Z
BESSENT: Neither one of us can understand what's been done to the president & his family
W: So there's nothing wrong w/post saying, 'Good. Mueller's dead'?
B: We should have empathy for the president
Kid Berwyn
(24,262 posts)In answer to your question, we really need more worship of the traitor.
GiqueCee
(4,145 posts)Empathy for the president, when he has NONE for anyone else? Shut the fuck UP, Bessent.
Walleye
(44,665 posts)But it didnt even look like Trump grieved for his wife, mother of his children
GiqueCee
(4,145 posts)... confirms his status as a soulless sociopath with the moral compass of a rabid hyena. It is beyond depressing that my comparison applies to every member of Trump's confederacy of dunces.
Walleye
(44,665 posts)The criminal investigation was the most exciting thing that ever ever happened to him. He doesnt have a right to be an asshole because of it. Hes the one who committed the crimes.
Vinca
(53,916 posts)Blues Heron
(8,765 posts)Elevator goooooiing down
vapor2
(4,448 posts)Empathy my ass. Empathy for one who is enriching himself daily? Empathy for one who takes our healthcare, our voting rights, our 1st amendment rights, who starts an illegal war bypassing congress and the American people etc etc NO Iempathy for an idiot who has done NOTHING for our country
johnnyfins
(3,740 posts)While they rob the american people blind?
tanyev
(49,215 posts)The President of the United States has many ways of communicating official business, but Donald Trump created a private social media platform, owned by himself, which he simultaneously uses for announcements he considers official government business and messages that communicate his own personal and often petty opinions.
He conducts government business at many of the clubs he owns and has violated untold numbers of established procedures in his efforts to remodel the official office and residence of the president to the gaudy style in which his clubs and personal residences are decorated.
He ignores advice from qualified experienced experts in any field in favor of recommendations from his children, their spouses and anyone who has managed to weasel their way into frequent contact with him.
I could go on and on. Basically, he has attempted to bring the country under the auspices of the Trump Organization and we are all supposed to simply accept it without question.
Onthefly
(1,277 posts)PufPuf23
(9,819 posts)Bessent is wrong. Go figure.
Boomerproud
(9,278 posts)They also correctly trashed Welker for asking a softball question and (as usual) no followup. So useless, the lot of them.
Miles Archer
(23,015 posts)Lots of "once again, you're wrong, please pay attention while I correct you" stuff.
That gig needs a pit bull, not Welker.
Boomerproud
(9,278 posts)nt