We have elected to start this mini-essay with an apology. With an unlimited universe of potentially more rewarding, thought-provoking subjects, we find ourselves again constrained by the extant, foul political atmosphere to write about its most conspicuous pollutant, Donald J. Trump. We presume that we have, by now, sufficiently commented on his neurotic self-love, utter and complete ignorance and startling incompetence, his serial mendacity and lack of moral compass, \ all-encompassing bigotry, criminality (adjudged and multi-indicted), his treasonous relations with the Nation’s enemies, his unconstitutional acts, including election denial and sponsorship of an insurrection plus, a full litany of tax fraud, bribes, extortion, violation of the emolument clause, and notably, his ominous public declarations of intention to be a dictator.
Notwithstanding the above, we feel constrained to highlight three of the many acts of Trump’s cruelty which ruminatively rankle us with feelings of shock and exasperation. In our view, such three acts are especially revelatory of his innate, cruelly and systemic pathological nature.
[ STRIKE 1] “Suckers and Losers”:
Trump famously visited America’s most revered shrine honoring its military, killed in the defense of the Nation, in the company of his Chief of Staff, four-star Marine General, John Kelly. During their visit, Trump repulsively referred to the abundant gravesites of the fallen American warriors, as “suckered” and “losers.” He in his systemically pathological fashion, remarked to General Kelley. who himself had tragically lost a son in war, “What was in it for them?” The statement speaks as an eloquent revelation of his atrocious character.
[ STRIKE 2] “Paper Towel ” burlesque” to Puerto Rican Deadly Hurricane Victims:
Puerto Rico, our American “Incorporated Territory,” was devastated by a historically enormous, hurricane on October 11, 2017. All-pervasive flooding, and tragic destruction of homes, churches, and major infrastructure were tragically accompanied by a substantial and tragic loss of life. Much of the Caribbean island was underwater and in dire need of assistance.
As required of a President of the United States, Donald Trump officially paid an official visit to Puerto Rico and, in the face of the horrendous tragedy and dangerous privation of the Island’s population, demonstrated the extent of his empathic recognition of the colossal tragedy by the ludicrous act of publically tossing out rolls of paper towels to an assembly of Puerto Ricans, sheltered in a hotel. He later praised himself for this saintly act of emphatic assistance, stating proudly, “They were soft, beautiful [paper] towels and the people at the hotel lobby loved them.” In our view, this delusional, cruel, and unfeeling show of faux empathy can objectively be seen as a toxic instance of pathologically sarcastic and cruelly demonstrated indifference,
[ STRIKE 3] Ridicule of a palsied T.V. reporter :.
We have chosen to evaluate this particular ingredient in his large cornucopia of pathological cruelty, as the most reprehensible and demonstrative of Donald Trump’s systemically mean character.
The shameful event occurred during a televised program on one of the major television news channels. Immediately following the televised remarks by our saintly protagonist, Donald J. Trump, several news reporters rushed, as usual, to the podium to ask questions. One of the reporters was a middle-aged man with Cerebral palsy who bravely, and with all available dignity, despite his visible handicap of systemic and uncontrolled “shakes,” common to persons so afflicted, held out a small microphone and proceeded to ask some newsworthy questions of Trump. Trump thereupon, in shameless, cruel view of the struggling, disabled reporter and kin view of the vast television audience, widely performed a cruel and shameful comedic ape show mocking the uncontrolled movements and clinically nuanced voice of the disabled, courageous reporter. This ugly, unforgivable satire of the unfortunately extreme symptoms, in our perception, is the most cruel of all the trademark sadistic behaviors of the orange-haired, would-be autocrat.
When we add Trump’s egregious quality of pathological cruelty to the [plethora of his demonstrated lack of moral compass, ignorance, and utter incapability, the bizarre nature of the universally predicted “close race,” becomes completely incomprehensible. In the coming presidential election, the em empirical facts emphasize that in this singular Presidential election, it appears to be more important who one votes against, than who one votes for.
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