Stay Classy, My Friend

Robert Mueller died, and Trump gloated about it on Truth Social. I have mixed emotions about both of these events. I was never a fan of Mueller, and I have on occasion been somewhat less than charitable when hearing of some people's deaths. (And that's only going back to late 2022) So, Trump exulting over Mueller's death is not a particularly extraordinary thing to my mind, though putting it out as a social media post while President of the United States of America does seem to be extreme, stupid, and self-destructive. My sharing negative aspects of the recently dead to my reader(s), while not laudable, seems to be me Trump's post, which was just a happy dance, is a whole different level of cringe. > Donald Trump has been condemned as a “vile, disgusting man” and a “sick human being” after gloating over the death of Robert Mueller, a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). > > Mueller, a decorated Vietnam war veteran who led a politically explosive investigation into Trump, died on Friday aged 81, triggering a callous reaction from the US president. > > “Robert Mueller just died,” Trump responded quickly on his Truth Social platform. “Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!” > > Even by the president’s own norm-shredding standards, the comment was unusually harsh. There was a chorus of opprobrium from the “Never Trump” movement in his own Republican party.