In an instance of tone-deafness jaw-dropping even by his own lofty standards, Donald Trump has essentially called most Americans fools.
As Americans - and others - kvetch about the rapidly rising prices of oil and gasoline (and therefore everything else) Trump dropped a Truth Social post: "Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World, Safety and Peace. ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY." [His capitalization and punctuation]
Oh, OK. Daddy knows best, I suppose. Pardon me for thinking.
UPDATE
A couple of weeks later, Trump outdid himself, big time. Responding to the news that ex-FBI chief Robert Mueller has died, Trump posted publicly, for all the world to see: "Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people." (Just for clarity, the only "hurt" referenced here was Mueller's investigation into Trump's attempt to steal the 2016 election, and he was far from "innocent".)
Unbelievable. Possibly his all-time low. But all part of what you might call the "death of decency" in American politics.
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