Sept. 12, 2019
By Bill McCann
With America’s fate in his hands in October 1962, John F. Kennedy stood as a calm, resolute leader to avert a nuclear war with the Soviet Union during the Cuban missile crisis. When terrorists slammed airplanes into New York City’s twin towers in September 2001, George W. Bush calmly provided the resolve and determination that a shaken nation needed to hear. When a nut case with guns murdered 27 people, including 20 school children, in Connecticut in December 2012, Barack Obama’s heartfelt words showed he shared the grief at a time the nation needed to be comforted.
When it was crucial to be presidential, these men were presidential. I can’t say that about Donald Trump. If they gave a course on leadership, Trump skipped it. When faced with a potential nuclear threat from North Korea in 2017, for example, Trump went into a name-calling rant that initially made things worse. After visiting hospitalized survivors of mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton last month, Trump bragged about how much the survivors and caregivers loved him.
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