Not even a boy. A baby:
President Trump dismissed the legacy of the late Rep. John Lewis in an interview with “Axios on HBO,” saying only that Lewis made a “big mistake” by not coming to his inauguration.
Trump’s comments were a glaring contrast with the praise Republicans and Democrats showered upon Lewis this week, and a default to personal grudges during a week of mourning for a civil rights hero.
In the interview with Axios’ Jonathan Swan, Trump said, “I really don’t know” how history will remember the Democratic congressman. “I don’t know John Lewis. He chose not to come to my inauguration. … I never met John Lewis, actually, I don’t believe.”
- When asked if he found Lewis’ life impressive, Trump responded, “He didn’t come to my inauguration. He didn’t come to my State of the Union speeches. And that’s OK. That’s his right. And, again, nobody has done more for Black Americans than I have.”
- “He should have come. I think he made a big mistake.”
- Trump also declined to say whether he found Lewis personally impressive: “I can’t say one way or the other. I find a lot of people impressive. I find many people not impressive.”
The interview took place last Tuesday as Lewis was lying in state at the Capitol.
There’s more. A lot more. And I see that I was insulting to babies. He’s a monster:
Trump: “I think It’s under control.”
“How? A thousand Americans are dying a day.”
Trump: “They are dying. That’s true. And it is what it is.”
Did I mention that he’s a monster?
The whole thing — if you can bear it:
This interview is simply scary. He’s not just dumber than any other president. That goes without saying. (And they haven’t all been geniuses by any stretch.) But Donald Trump is dumber that the average person.