Make 9/11 Great Again–The President Claims His Ratings Trump Tragedy

Poll after poll around the country shows that Donald Trump is the most unpopular President in modern American history. His approval rating after his first 100 days is lower than that of any previous president. And it’s dropping like a rock every week.

But the consistently delusional Mr. Trump doesn’t accept those polls. “Fake” news, he says. “Wrong.”

Note the President’s use of the word “still” in these tweets. He holds on to the delusion of having won the popular vote back in November.

He insists on his own popularity, and simply refuses to accept the truth that every poll is showing. He is massively disliked and it’s getting worse across every demographic.

But instead of thinking about polls, and about how the world is reacting to his insane behavior, Trump is focused on the only evaluation he knows.

TV ratings.

Our President, the former reality TV star, believes that he is still in high demand. He’s convinced himself that people love him.

And get this. He actually thinks that comparing himself to the horrific tragedy of September 11 is the way to show off his popularity.

After appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Trump gave an interview to the Associated Press. He told the news organization:

“On any, on air, [CBS ‘Face the Nation’ host John] Dickerson had 5.2 million people. It’s the highest for ‘Face the Nation’ or as I call it, ‘Deface the Nation.’ It’s the highest for ‘Deface the Nation’ since the World Trade Center. Since the World Trade Center came down. It’s a tremendous advantage.”

The obvious tone deafness of these comments is astounding. Trump has a complete inability to detect his own insensitivity. It’s astonishing that he wouldn’t recognize how disrespectful it is to discuss the TV ratings from 9/11.

But what’s even more astonishing is that he doesn’t realize we watched the events of 9/11 with horror, anger and grief. It was all so unbelievably awful that we simply couldn’t look away.

Like a train wreck. Everyone has to look.

It’s incredible that Donald Trump doesn’t see himself in that fact.

Featured image via Wikimedia Commons.

 

Karen is a retired elementary school teacher with many years of progressive activism behind her. She is the proud mother of three young adults who were all arrested with Occupy Wall Street. To see what she writes about in her spare time, check out her blog at "Empty Nest, Full Life"