Donald Trump is drawing renewed criticism after responding to the death of Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of the 35th president, John F Kennedy, on Tuesday by reposting criticism of the Kennedy family on Truth Social.
Schlossberg, 35, was an environmental journalist who wrote for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Yorker. She passed away after being diagnosed with a rare type of acute myeloid leukemia, a blood cancer.
But rather than pay tribute to the deceased or express condolences to her grieving family, the president fired out three posts consisting of screenshots of negative comments about the Kennedys’ supposed neglect of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the performing arts venue Trump has taken over this year and rebranded the “Trump Kennedy Center.”
Has anyone ever tried to teach Trump the adage “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything”.
I don’t think that adage applies in all circumstances. There are times and places for criticism. But when somebody dies, if you don’t have nice things to say about them and their families, it’s the time to keep your trap shut.
Admittedly, I’m going to be a hypocrite about this when Trump dies