Just A Voice on Main Street: Is There No Water’s Edge of Decency?

The latest furor and alleged misdeed of President Donald Trump is that he called the wife of a fallen soldier, and was hurtful and insensitive to her in his comments.  This story is courtesy of Democratic Congresswoman Frederica Wilson.  Here is a question: Is this manufacturing a situation to fit the narrative that Donald Trump is a racist, and totally insensitive? Then the main  question; Does anyone really think in their heart of hearts or mind of minds, or soul of souls, that the President of the United States called a bereaved wife to hurt her feelings?  Really?  I am more appalled that this Representative would in a moment of grief, politicize even this.  Her lack of class in doing this is breathtaking to me.  It looks like a political setup.  Can I imagine President Trump saying something like this during a conversation with the wife of a fallen soldier?  Absolutely.  In fact, I would surmise that many of us, who were not this soldier’s Commander in Chief , would say the same thing.  Was this family gratified that the President thought enough to call them, or were they waiting to find fault with Donald Trump.  I would like to think the former, not the latter.   Were they manipulated by a congresswoman in a moment of vulnerability?  That remains to be seen.   At the end, however, we have to ask, Is there nothing that Donald Trump can do in any situation that is good?  Apparently, for critics like Congresswoman Wilson, the answer is sadly, “No.”

What a shame….Gary Sutton