by liberal japonicus
They just cannot help themselves. All the headlines about Jesse Jackson’s passing, if they note Trump, say something like this:
- Obama, Trump and Biden lead tributes to Jesse Jackson: ‘one of America’s greatest patriots’ (The Guardian)
- Trump remembers Jesse Jackson, calls him a “good man” and a “force of nature” (CNN)
- Bernice King and Al Sharpton Among Leaders Paying Tribute to Jesse Jackson (NYT)
After that first reflex, I note that some are pointing out that Trump’s [Un]Truth Social post is essentially an excuse for Trump to insult everyone else. Here are the last 3 paragraphs of the Guardian article.
Donald Trump, in a post on his Truth Social social media platform, called Jackson “a good man” and a “friend”, also noting he had provided office space in New York for Jackson’s Rainbow Push Coalition.
Trump’s post, as is often the case, quickly turned political, and about himself. The president attacked the “scoundrels and Lunatics on the Radical Left” who, he said, “falsely and consistently” called him a racist, and sought recognition for “funding Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which Jesse loved”.
Trump also took a swing at a familiar political foe, Barack Obama, whom, he claimed falsely, Jackson “could not stand”.
The CNN article has Remembering Jesse Jackson: Trump and others share tributes on the google news summary, while the article has Remembering Jesse Jackson: Tributes pour in for the late civil rights leader. The second wave have things like New York Magazine’s Trump Uses Jesse Jackson’s Death to Insist He’s Not Racist, (which has the whole UnTS post to see) but it seems that the first impulse is one of the reasons why we are riding in the clown car dumpster fire.