Standing in front of a scene of absolute devastation caused by recent hurricanes in North Carolina, Donald Trump complained about being overworked. Well, if he’s overworked the simplest thing he could do is drop out of the election. Then he wouldn’t have to work.
Of course, if he does retire, some say he’ll be stepping up his already overworked schedule of courtroom appearances, but aside from that does he think serving as president is going to be one long vacation? Perhaps so, when you consider that up until November 11, 2020, he visited golf clubs at least 285 times and there’s evidence he played at least 142 occasions according to Statista.
At any rate, people who aren’t vacationing (y’know, folks whose lives and homes have been destroyed by those annoying hurricanes) had to listen to Trump bitching that he hadn’t had a day off for 52 days.
He’s not the sensitive type, is he? Of course, most of us knew that from the beginning.
Republicans Against Trump duly noted his lack of empathy in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
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“Visiting hurricane-damaged areas of North Carolina, Trump complains about his busy ‘work’ schedule:”
“I’ve gone 52 days without a day off…I didn’t have to be here. I could be on a beautiful beach.”
Visiting hurricane-damaged areas of North Carolina, Trump complains about his busy “work” schedule:
“I’ve gone 52 days without a day off…I didn't have to be here. I could be on a beautiful beach”
pic.twitter.com/kBIwKmou3K— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 21, 2024
I’m certain many of the folks who had to listen to this wished he were somewhere else too. Especially since those pesky hurricanes Helene and Milton only cost a piddly $50 billion each in damages (although the costs are still being tallied) Salon reports. They are among the costliest hurricanes on record, but how do you measure the cost of grief, the cost of losing your family home after three generations?
How do you measure the cost of listening to one supercilious tangerine-colored baboon (sorry baboons) complain about being overworked while you’re worrying about your sick, elderly relatives left stranded in this mess? Or perhaps how long it will take to rebuild your home from the ground up?
So the folks on X who understand how ridiculous Trump is, made their thoughts known.
@BombayLace reminded us that “Some people have gone without water, food, clothing, a place to live, lost their pets, lost all their possessions & he’s complaining about sleep. He’s asleep on his feet 99% of the time. Wake up people.”
Some people have gone without water, food, clothing, a place to live, lost their pets, lost all their possessions & he's complaining about sleep. He's asleep on his feet 99% of the time. Wake up people🗳️🇺🇸
— Louise Litzenberg (@BombayLace) October 21, 2024
@pjampaganza noted:
“Didn’t they cancel his interviews bc he’s ‘exhausted’? Please stop Trump King Liar You have not worked 52 days straight You don’t even know what working 52 days straight is”
Didn’t they cancel his interviews bc he’s “exhausted”? Please stop Trump King Liar You have not worked 52 days straight You don’t even know what working 52 days straight is
— Papo (@pjampaganza) October 21, 2024
Then there’s this epic b*tchslap by @BwanaChris, who pretty much said what everyone’s thinking:
“Ah yes, nothing says “I care about the people” like a whiny, bloated man-child complaining about how hard it is to show up in a disaster zone. The hurricane survivors must have felt so comforted to know that he could be lounging on a beach, sipping Diet Cokes while they’re left to rebuild their lives from scratch. The man sees a town flattened by a hurricane and somehow turns it into his personal pity party.”
“Who’s betting he was mentally checked out halfway through this visit, fantasizing about Mar-a-Lago cabanas and overcooked steaks? And here we thought leaders were supposed to offer comfort, not deliver lines like “I didn’t have to be here.” Believe me, Donnie, nobody wanted you there either.”
Ah yes, nothing says "I care about the people" like a whiny, bloated man-child complaining about how hard it is to show up in a disaster zone. The hurricane survivors must have felt so comforted to know that he could be lounging on a beach, sipping Diet Cokes while they're left…
— Chris Swart (@BwanaChris) October 21, 2024
If Trump sees that, it will leave burn marks.
And while he’s busy feeling sorry for himself, I’m going to remind you that if Trump is reelected, he’ll make the hurricane situation faced yearly in the U.S. infinitely worse. Especially if the notoriously far-right Project 2025 is enacted. The Guardian reports that the manifesto, authored by many former Trump officials would implement cuts that “would severely worsen the outcomes from a storm like Helene.”
While Trump has continued to downplay this dangerous “project,” it calls for “breaking up and downsizing” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The authors of the manifesto blame the NOAA for being a primary component of “the climate change alarm industry.” They go on to write that the agency’s climate research is “harmful to future US prosperity,” and should be disbanded.
Trump standing in front of a group of people and kvetching about time off is annoying, but if he becomes President again in 2024 the situation will go from merely annoying to far, far worse. Unimaginably worse. Trump will be in his usual lalaland and we’ll be the ones who will suffer.
That’s all I’m going to say.
Featured image via YouTube screengrab.
