This was the GOP recomendation to Trump on how to handle Orlando. He chose a different path.
As Chris Cillizza says, he chose the path totally lacking of empathy for one.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/12/orlando-shooting-exposes-donald-trumps-biggest-weakness-his-lack-of-empathy/?tid=a_inl
He took credit for the attack: yes, he actually boasted about it. He also did what he does best: conspiracy theory mongered:
"TPM Alum Benjy Sarlin and Katy Tur have this article out this afternoon on Trump's tirades and conspiracy theories in the aftermath of the Orlando attacks. This passage is particularly telling ..."
"Donald Trump waded into the fever swamps on Monday, suggesting in two interviews that President Obama may have a secret agenda that prevents him from combating Islamic terrorists."
"The comments added to a long list of conspiracy theories from the presumptive GOP nominee about the president's religion, birthplace and worldview. They also sent a clear message to Republicans who have begged Trump to soften his rhetoric that he's not changing his ways anytime soon."
"Well, there are a lot of people that think maybe he doesn't want to get it," Trump told NBC's "TODAY" on Monday while discussing the attack that killed at least 49 people at a gay club in Orlando over the weekend. "A lot of people think maybe he doesn't want to know about it. I happen to think that he just doesn't know what he's doing. But there are many people that think maybe he doesn't want to get it. He doesn't want to see what's really happening."
"The comments came shortly after another interview with Fox News in which Trump insinuated that Obama might be turning a blind eye to terrorism for shadowy reasons."
"He doesn't get it or he gets it better than anybody understands," Trump said. "It's one or the other, and neither one is acceptable."
In the same interview he warned that "there's something going on" that explains Obama's refusal to use the phrase "radical Islamic terrorism."
As Chris Cillizza says, he chose the path totally lacking of empathy for one.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/12/orlando-shooting-exposes-donald-trumps-biggest-weakness-his-lack-of-empathy/?tid=a_inl
He took credit for the attack: yes, he actually boasted about it. He also did what he does best: conspiracy theory mongered:
"TPM Alum Benjy Sarlin and Katy Tur have this article out this afternoon on Trump's tirades and conspiracy theories in the aftermath of the Orlando attacks. This passage is particularly telling ..."
"While Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer said in a statement before Trump's comments that Democrats "bury their head in the sand on how dangerous the world is," Trump's insinuations go much further than mainstream Republican leaders are usually willing to go."
"A source who works closely with the Trump campaign, granted anonymity in order to speak freely to NBC News, said after Sunday's attack that the party hadasked the candidate to offer condolences and then to stay silent. Trump clearly chose a different approach."
"Now, one might suppose this is just ass-covering. But to rework the phrase ass-covering is the compliment self-preservation pays to foresight. Whether folks at the RNC said this to Trump Sunday morning or now want people to think they did is sort of beside the point. They clearly want to distance themselves from it now."
"As I wrote yesterday, there's a long history of effectively politicizing foreign attacks and terrorist atrocities. Trump is just temperamentally unable to do so. Handing out a round of self-congratulatory high-fives, shooting off incendiary partisan remarks hours after a major terror attack and hinting that the President may be cooperating with terrorists targeting America is not the way to do it. No one but the most ferocious Trumpite true-believers want to hear stuff like that. As I'm sure the folks at the RNC realized, far better to make a few dignified remarks, refer broadly to his better ability to keep America safe and then wait a few days before laying out a fuller indictment. But that's not the way thinks. It's not a way he's capable of acting no matter what he thinks."
"As I noted yesterday, there's a big additional factor that changes the politics of national security in this instance: Donald Trump. Questions about his 'temperament' - which let's be honest in this case means emotional stability, maturity, ability to act rationally - are already at the forefront of the public mind. Even imputing the most craven motives, most candidates would be cautious not to move too quickly to politicize something so brutalizing to the national psyche. RNC apparently tried to save him (and themselves) from himself. To no avail. Because Trump lacks impulse control, indeed any level of self-control, he is unable to avoid making the case against himself."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/very-telling
"A source who works closely with the Trump campaign, granted anonymity in order to speak freely to NBC News, said after Sunday's attack that the party hadasked the candidate to offer condolences and then to stay silent. Trump clearly chose a different approach."
"Now, one might suppose this is just ass-covering. But to rework the phrase ass-covering is the compliment self-preservation pays to foresight. Whether folks at the RNC said this to Trump Sunday morning or now want people to think they did is sort of beside the point. They clearly want to distance themselves from it now."
"As I wrote yesterday, there's a long history of effectively politicizing foreign attacks and terrorist atrocities. Trump is just temperamentally unable to do so. Handing out a round of self-congratulatory high-fives, shooting off incendiary partisan remarks hours after a major terror attack and hinting that the President may be cooperating with terrorists targeting America is not the way to do it. No one but the most ferocious Trumpite true-believers want to hear stuff like that. As I'm sure the folks at the RNC realized, far better to make a few dignified remarks, refer broadly to his better ability to keep America safe and then wait a few days before laying out a fuller indictment. But that's not the way thinks. It's not a way he's capable of acting no matter what he thinks."
"As I noted yesterday, there's a big additional factor that changes the politics of national security in this instance: Donald Trump. Questions about his 'temperament' - which let's be honest in this case means emotional stability, maturity, ability to act rationally - are already at the forefront of the public mind. Even imputing the most craven motives, most candidates would be cautious not to move too quickly to politicize something so brutalizing to the national psyche. RNC apparently tried to save him (and themselves) from himself. To no avail. Because Trump lacks impulse control, indeed any level of self-control, he is unable to avoid making the case against himself."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/very-telling
"Donald Trump waded into the fever swamps on Monday, suggesting in two interviews that President Obama may have a secret agenda that prevents him from combating Islamic terrorists."
"The comments added to a long list of conspiracy theories from the presumptive GOP nominee about the president's religion, birthplace and worldview. They also sent a clear message to Republicans who have begged Trump to soften his rhetoric that he's not changing his ways anytime soon."
"Well, there are a lot of people that think maybe he doesn't want to get it," Trump told NBC's "TODAY" on Monday while discussing the attack that killed at least 49 people at a gay club in Orlando over the weekend. "A lot of people think maybe he doesn't want to know about it. I happen to think that he just doesn't know what he's doing. But there are many people that think maybe he doesn't want to get it. He doesn't want to see what's really happening."
"The comments came shortly after another interview with Fox News in which Trump insinuated that Obama might be turning a blind eye to terrorism for shadowy reasons."
"He doesn't get it or he gets it better than anybody understands," Trump said. "It's one or the other, and neither one is acceptable."
In the same interview he warned that "there's something going on" that explains Obama's refusal to use the phrase "radical Islamic terrorism."
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/donald-trump-s-conspiracy-turn-n591291
Something's going on. Get it? President Obama's a 'secret Muslim.'
Remember this is how Trump came in: pushing Birtherism.
Orlando was a Commander in Chief test that Trump has failed in spades. How does anyone ever seriously claim he even possibly could have the right temperament to be President if his response to this kind of national tragedy is to peddle in Birther twinged conspiracy theories?
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