From Trump’s POV this is a slam-dunk. Let’s look at his checklist:
It makes American Jews, fundamentalist Christians, and Netanyahu happy.
It pisses off Palestinians … put that on the plus side.
It enables him to say “I fulfilled a campaign promise!!” (although god knows why he made such a promise in the first place)
He doesn’t need to get Congressional approval, and that boring negotiating and compromising 'n stuff.
He can do it with Other People’s Money, specifically Sheldon Adelson’s.
This is an example of why, ideally, there should be some kind of penalty for politicians who introduce blatantly (as opposed to “judgment call that could legitimately go either way”) unconstitutional legislation – perhaps “three strikes and you’re out and permanently ineligible for government office”.
All true. But I still believe he’s hoping for some blood-and-treasure-eating “excitement” to go along with the ‘you SHOW those Mooslems, Mr. President!’ accolades.
Trumpo makes a weird phone call to a survivor of the Florida school shooting.
“I can’t say that I was consoled or helped. … He didn’t express any real empathy.” Samantha Fuentes, who was shot during the Florida school massacre, describes the call she received from President Trump while she was in the hospital.
I don’t know what the numbers are nationally and would not claim that my friends are representative, but I do know that most of the Jews of my acquaintance, both observant and secular, are not thrilled about it.
I’m very worried for the future of the R party. A lot of these kids coming up will never forget the evil. I’m currently the happiest worried guy I know!
Which was precisely my thought if any teachers were in fact armed – and the killer would have his weapon, and his mind, locked, loaded, and already starting to mow everyone down while the teacher was still grasping what the hell was happening.
Also Trumps claim that these shooters are cowards who will be afraid to enter a building if they know they might meet armed opposition is ludicrous. More than half of theses shooters take their own life before police get to them. The last thing on their mind is their own personal safety.
We could turn every school into a fortress with armed guards patrolling every square foot. So then what? The next demented shithead with an AR-15 shoots up a school bus, or the McDonalds where all the kids hang out, or the local mall.
Watching stupid people try to solve problems is disheartening. Illegal drugs? I know, let’s declare war on them. Illegal immigration? Hey, let’s build a gigantic fucking wall. Shit Gibbon is, no doubt, extremely proud of his arming the teachers “solution.” He’s just that dumb.
I would be curious to know more about the “interim security clearance” Ivanka and her vampire weasel husband have. Is that something that any other past White House so-called officials have ever had, or is that a made-up term? Would anyone else working for the government be allowed access to classified info without being fully vetted? Is it just “custom” and not actually the law to require classified security clearance for White House officials?