Day 214: Trump’s First Response to Missing Navy Sailors: “That’s Too Bad”

For the second time in three months, a U.S. naval ship has collided with a civilian ship in the Pacific. The U.S.S. Fitzgerald collided with a container ship in June, killing seven, and the U.S.S. John S. McCain collided with a merchant ship yesterday, leaving 10 sailors missing.

Donald Trump’s first response: “That’s too bad.”

For someone that claims to love the troops and veterans more than any other person that’s ever stepped foot on U.S. soil — much less, someone who currently holds the position of commander-in-chief — the lack of empathy regarding missing U.S. military personnel is shocking. (And with a retired four-star general as his chief of staff, it seems wildly unlikely that Trump wasn’t at least given an abbreviated briefing on the situation in near real-time.)

Your favorite restaurant is out of your desired dish? That’s too bad. Your baseball team lost a game in June? That’s too bad. You want to go see a movie but the showtime is sold out? That’s too bad.

Missing Americans should never get a wave and an “eh,” especially from someone in Trump’s position.

And yes, Trump managed to cobble together a good ole “thoughts and prayers” tweet hours later, presumably with the help of aides and a communications team, but this marks yet another instance where he seems to lack basic human emotions or handle times of crisis with any type of effectiveness.

214 days in, 1248 to go

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