LEONARD GREENE: Trump trying to blame DEI polices for DC plane crash is pure Division, Evil and Insensitivity

Ten times you could inquire President Trump, “Have you nary shame,” and 10 times helium could archer you, “No, I don’t.”

He had nary shame erstwhile helium pardoned the convulsive criminals who stormed the U.S. Capitol connected Jan. 6, 2021 successful a bid to overthrow the authorities connected his behalf.

Trump had nary shame erstwhile helium tried to bash an end-around the Constitution with an executive bid to extremity birthright citizenship.

And, Trump had zero shame, none, erstwhile helium blamed a deadly level crash conscionable miles from the White House connected diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

“I enactment information first, Obama, Biden and the Democrats enactment argumentation first, and they enactment authorities astatine a level that nobody’s ever seen,” Trump told reporters past week successful the White House briefing room, adjacent arsenic bodies were being pulled retired of Washington, D.C.’s icy Potomac River.

“My medication volition acceptable the highest imaginable barroom for aviation safety. We person to person our smartest people. It doesn’t substance what they look like, however they speak, who they are. It matters — intellect, talent. The connection talent. You person to beryllium talented, people talented geniuses. You can’t person regular radical doing that job. They won’t beryllium capable to bash it.”

Sixty-seven radical perished erstwhile an Army chopper collided with a commercialized airliner Wednesday nighttime during its last attack to Reagan National Airport.

The dormant included a radical of fig skaters, their coaches and household members who were returning from a improvement campy that followed the U.S. Figure Skating Championships successful Wichita, Kansas.

Wreckage successful the Potomac River adjacent Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles, U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Even if you someway agreed with the Divider-in-Chief that diversity, equity and inclusion person nary spot successful the American workforce, determination is inactive nary getting astir the atrocious information that arsenic Trump spoke, bodies of the victims were still successful the water.

“The president was asked whether helium had immoderate grounds backing up that outrageous and stomach-turning claim, and helium had to admit that helium did not,” U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine said connected CNN.

“Imagine you‘re a household subordinate and you‘ve conscionable mislaid a loved one, and you‘re grappling with answers and you‘re trying to fig out, and you person the president of the United States trying to blasted radical for governmental reasons oregon formed aspersions connected folks alleging that they were DEI hires,” helium continued.

“I mean, tin you ideate a much damaging happening to perceive if you‘re suffering already than a president trying to marque governmental hay retired of thing similar this?”

This, America, is your leader.

Trump began his remarks with a moment of silence, which is wherever helium should person stopped. But this feline can’t adjacent bash soundless right.

No wonderment Michelle Obama didn’t privation to beryllium adjacent to him astatine a ceremonial oregon beryllium wrong 1,000 feet of him astatine his inauguration.

At slightest her hubby knows however to behaviour himself astatine a infinitesimal of nationalist mourning.

When a Black curate successful Charleston, S.C., was among those killed by a racist gunman successful a religion massacre successful 2015, President Barack Obama comforted the congregation — and the federation — by launching into a chorus of  “Amazing Grace” portion delivering the eulogy astatine the pastor’s funeral.

The lone opus Trump seems to cognize is “Y.M.C.A.”

President-elect Donald Trump, left, dances arsenic the Village People execute “Y.M.C.A” astatine a rally up of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump can’t look to assistance himself, not adjacent successful moments of crisis. He’s the 1 who can’t enactment authorities aside.

Don’t fto him anyplace adjacent the California wildfires. He mightiness bring a tin of gasoline with him.

As if the property briefing remarks weren’t enough, Trump doubled down aboriginal successful the time with a memo from the White House.

“On my 2nd time successful office,” it reads, “I ordered an contiguous instrumentality to merit-based recruitment, hiring, and promotion, elevating information and quality arsenic the paramount standard. Yesterday’s devastating mishap tragically underscores the request to elevate information and competence arsenic the precedence of the FAA.”

Among the outraged was erstwhile Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg,who wrote connected X that Trump’s remarks were “despicable.”

“As families grieve, Trump should beryllium leading, not lying,” helium wrote.

It’s going to beryllium a agelong 4 years.