Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll on American sailors enduring nearly nine months at sea on the USS Abraham Lincoln as concerns escalated about mental health and supply issues aboard the aircraft carrier supporting U.S. operations against Iran.

In a brief exchange with reporters before flying to New York for an event to highlight falling violent crime rates across the U.S., Trump refuted that family members have raised concerns about the deployment’s length and even said that the deployment — which includes a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 240 days — is “not nearly long enough.”

  • Lemmayng@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    It won’t even be surprising to his rabid Christofascist base. They already believe their “holier than thou” schtick puts them above apologizing.

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      That kind of narrative is perfect for a narcissist, by the way: the “I’m not perfect, I’m forgiven” is a great way to get out of ever apologizing for your behavior, here, in reality - “I worked it out with Jesus” is handing narcissists a perfect cop-out, since narcissists will do nearly anything but ever give a genuine apology to another human being.

      Anyone that has ever had to deal with a narcissist has probably noticed they will almost never apologize.

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      That’s why they refuse to actually read the Book. They really wouldn’t like the Word as-written. Because they are willfully terrible people.