Bessent makes excuses for trump, saying he was glad Mueller is dead

[Alicia J]

Why not? Who is Donald Trump to you?

Uhhhh, the President? The leader of the U.S. expected to be a role model for millions of Americans, especially impressionable children?

I'm actually embarrassed as an American that we have a president that acts this way. And you should be, too.

What argument am I trying to make?

You're holding random lefties on the Internet to the same standard as the leader of the free world. That just doesn't work. A President should exhibit much more class and decency than Trump does.

Clinton may have lied and he had many faults. However, he didn't ridicule Ken Starr for making his life a living hell when Ken Starr died. Clinton had a basic level of humanity, empathy, and decency that Trump just does not have.

 

[Alicia J]

What do you think got Donald Trump elected?

Trump is good at winning elections and getting his voters in a frenzy over every perceived slight in the world. Unfortunately, that seems to be about the only thing Trump is good at.

 

[HikerGuy83]

Uhhhh, the President?

Correct. Good for you!

The leader of the U.S. expected to be a role model for millions of Americans,

I'm going to go out on a limb and say Trump was pretty obnoxious during his campaign. The people who voted for him, like me, knew what we were getting. I asked if you knew why he was elected. It was because he was giving the left and the establishment GOP the finger.

Do I like what he does? No. The midnight tweeting? No.

His lack of empathy during COVID cost him the 2020 election.

But we brought him back....the kind sweet soul that he was.

Why? Because we wanted someone who would do something instead of pushing us aside to kiss the left's ass.

So.....those who might have "expected it" were not the ones who voted for him by-and-large.

I'm actually embarrassed as an American that we have a president that acts this way.

That is your right.

And you should be, too.

And that is what makes you a lefty and a (........). (........)==> lots of foul names.

YOU DON'T TELL ME what to think or how I should think about things. You are welcome to your opinion. But it is the arrogance of such statements that has cost you everything.

You're holding random lefties on the Internet to the same standard as the leader of the free world.

I hold everyone to a certain human standard. Trump failed so did the left. There is no distinction in my book.

That is my right. I suggest you stop trying to tell me how I should be thinking about things.

That just doesn't work.

What does that even mean?

A President should exhibit much more class and decency than Trump does.

Again, guessing you didn't just arrive there.

Clinton may have lied and he had many faults.

He did. He was still very popular when he left office. Very very popular.

Except with Monica L.

However, he didn't ridicule Ken Starr for making his life a living hell when Ken Starr died.

Agreed. I thought Clinton was a good guy. His wife....another story. But Bill.....good guy in a lot of ways.

Clinton had a basic level of humanity, empathy, and decency that Trump just does not have.

And once again. You can spare me the lecture. We elected Trump because he was combative and mean. We were tired of being pushed to the side by the left and ignored by the establishment. That's why he's there.

Tough.

 

[HikerGuy83]

Trump is good at winning elections and getting his voters in a frenzy over every perceived slight in the world.

Jealous?

As to the frenzy.

does the term "Threat to democracy", "Cancelled elections in 2026", and "Dystopian" ring a bell. These were constant dog whistles by the left to their lemming acolytes.

I KNEW what I was getting with Trump.

And when my lefty associates whined I held up my hand and said three words.......that shut them up.

Unfortunately, that seems to be about the only thing Trump is good at.

He's pretty good at some other things.

But seriously...this is political discussion to you? This is the most you have to concern yourself with?

 

[Alicia J]

Correct. Good for you!

I'm going to go out on a limb and say Trump was pretty obnoxious during his campaign. The people who voted for him, like me, knew what we were getting. I asked if you knew why he was elected. It was because he was giving the left and the establishment GOP the finger.

Do I like what he does? No. The midnight tweeting? No.

His lack of empathy during COVID cost him the 2020 election.

But we brought him back....the kind sweet soul that he was.

Why? Because we wanted someone who would do something instead of pushing us aside to kiss the left's ass.

So.....those who might have "expected it" were not the ones who voted for him by-and-large.

What you are basically saying is that the ends justify the means.

Here's the problem with that. You also said you were looking for "common ground" in another post. That is never going to happen when you support a politician as mean, nasty, and cruel as Donald Trump.

That is your right.

And that is what makes you a lefty and a (........). (........)==> lots of foul names.

YOU DON'T TELL ME what to think or how I should think about things. You are welcome to your opinion. But it is the arrogance of such statements that has cost you everything.

At the end of the day, politics is about morality. If you vote for someone who is mean, cruel, and nasty, then what does that say about you?

I hold everyone to a certain human standard. Trump failed so did the left. There is no distinction in my book.

Again, that is not honest. There has never been a Democratic politician as mean, cruel, and nasty in our lifetimes as Donald Trump. And there is no getting around that simple fact.

 

[HikerGuy83]

What you are basically saying is that the ends justify the means.

Nope.

Here's the problem with that. You also said you were looking for "common ground" in another post. That is never going to happen when you support a politician as mean, nasty, and cruel as Donald Trump.

Then I guess we are done.

 

[Alicia J]

Jealous?

As to the frenzy.

does the term "Threat to democracy", "Cancelled elections in 2026", and "Dystopian" ring a bell. These were constant dog whistles by the left to their lemming acolytes.

Trump is a threat to democracy. Jan 6 proved that. That isn't a dog whistle.

I KNEW what I was getting with Trump.

And when my lefty associates whined I held up my hand and said three words.......that shut them up.

He's pretty good at some other things.

Not that I've seen. Definitely not good at handling covid and just about every other issue. Trump is not very smart and he doesn't surround himself with smart people, either. Especially in his second term.

 

[BackAgain]

If some prosecutor came after any of you and had nothing on you but a made up story by Hillary.... but it still cost you millions of dollars and got your friends put in jail and or bankrupted wouldn't you be happy when that SOB died?... don't kid yourself....

I don’t think the issue is whether President Trump has plenty of fair-minded reasons to hate Mueller.

But, as a President, I wish he would keep that kind of rhetoric off his lips and out of his posts.

 

[gtopa1]

MAGA supporters have no right to complain about how liberals said negative things about Charlie Kirk, if they see nothing wrong with Trump saying horrible things about Mueller after his death.

That is sheer hypocrisy.

Charlie was a young dad who had his throat shot out by a TDS afflicted pos. Mueller was an old man who allowed himself to be used to attempt to destroy Trump and his family . It's the biggest dilligaf I've ever given.

So whoever's sock you are I suggest you kindly P!$$ off!!

Greg

 

[gtopa1]

I don’t think the issue is whether President Trump has plenty of fair-minded reasons to hate Mueller.

But, as a President, I wish he would keep that kind of rhetoric off his lips and out of his posts.

Yes; a tad naughty I suppose. But Mueller was trying to get Trump to die in jail; I give Trump a pass and he's a lot kinder than I would be.

Greg

 

[gtopa1]

What you are basically saying is that the ends justify the means.

Here's the problem with that. You also said you were looking for "common ground" in another post. That is never going to happen when you support a politician as mean, nasty, and cruel as Donald Trump.


At the end of the day, politics is about morality. If you vote for someone who is mean, cruel, and nasty, then what does that say about you?


Again, that is not honest. There has never been a Democratic politician as mean, cruel, and nasty in our lifetimes as Donald Trump. And there is no getting around that simple fact.

Trump's no dandelion; he's a FIGHTER. It's a pity Mueller evaded Justice by dying.

Greg

 

[MarcATL]

The word that characterizes Trump and Republicans is vile.

They're never living this down. Never!

 

[struth]

MSN

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said people need to give President Trump more empathy after Trump posted that he was “glad” former FBI Director Robert Mueller was dead.

“I think that given what has been done to President Trump and his family it is impossible for either of us to understand what he has been through,” Bessent said during a Sunday appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

These people are amazing. The will bend over backwards to make excuses for trump. Everyone with a brain knows trump is as low as a man can go. He can't show an once of empathy for anyone and enjoys to see others suffer. instead of showing empathy for the Mueller family, we are supposed show empathy for trump. That is laughable.... Poot trump...everybody picks on him....

It is really impossible for us to understand what’s it’s like to be the victim of political prosecution.

Few people really get it, maybe Mandela

 

[struth]

The word that characterizes Trump and Republicans is vile.

They're never living this down. Never!

I think you all should campaign on it, campaign on your failed political prosecutions of Trump

 

[MarcATL]

I think you all should campaign on it, campaign on your failed political prosecutions of Trump

That's all you can say.

 

[struth]

That's all you can say.

What else is there to say?

 

[Alicia J]

Charlie was a young dad who had his throat shot out by a TDS afflicted pos. Mueller was an old man who allowed himself to be used to attempt to destroy Trump and his family . It's the biggest dilligaf I've ever given.

So whoever's sock you are I suggest you kindly P!$$ off!!

Greg

If any of this was true, you might have a point. But you are just making stuff up.

 

[Alicia J]

Trump's no dandelion; he's a FIGHTER. It's a pity Mueller evaded Justice by dying.

Greg

You can be a fighter without being evil, cruel, and corrupt. Trump has obviously never learned how to do that. Nor does he have any interest in becoming a better person.

 

[Mac1958]

These people are amazing. The will bend over backwards to make excuses for trump. Everyone with a brain knows trump is as low as a man can go. He can't show an once of empathy for anyone and enjoys to see others suffer.​

His enablers are far more responsible for this than he is.

He is profoundly unwell. They could stop this any time, but they choose not to.

The Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet can invoke the 25th Amendment. Congressional Republicans could support a full impeachment. But they are all CHOOSING NOT TO.

This is on them, not him.

 

[berg80]

You didn't go thru what they did to the Trumps

Don was indicted and or prosecuted for crimes he committed. He was then afforded every opportunity, much, MUCH more than most (like having a judge he appointed preside over one of the cases), to defend himself.

What about what he did to the country? Trying to steal an election. Stealing classified docs. Lying about both. Making threats against people involved in his cases. Having his followers do the same. Trying to prosecute some of them on phony charges. His mob attacked Capital police officers and defaced the Capital building and he did nothing about it for hours.