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Zorro

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Fri Jan 31, 2025, 11:45 AM Jan 31

Trump is in it only for himself

The president’s ugly hijacking of a plane crash adds to a pattern emerging from his administration.

“Kamala is for they/them,” went Donald Trump’s notorious TV ad during the 2024 campaign. “President Trump is for you.”

But not quite two weeks into President Trump’s second term, we already know that to be false. Trump is for I/me/mine.

“In moments like this,” Trump said in the White House briefing room on the morning after Wednesday night’s crash at Reagan National Airport, “the differences between Americans fade to nothing compared to the bonds of affection and loyalty that unite us.”

In the next breath, he used the tragedy to pursue his usual political vendettas — against Democrats, against civil servants and against diversity programs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/31/trump-plane-crash-diversity-democrats-blame/
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Trump is in it only for himself (Original Post) Zorro Jan 31 OP
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