A senior foreign diplomat posted at the U.N. texts me,” Tharoor wrote, “‘This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?’” Ishaan Tharoor is a writer for the Washington Post.
Heather Cox Richardson quoted this reporter in her daily post this morning. The diplomat was referring to Trump’s one hour speech at the UN yesterday. He bragged that he alone had solved seven wars and that the UN was worthless in its job. He complained that the escalator stopped and his teleprompter didn’t work. He said climate warming was not true and that the economy had improved so much more under him than his predecessor. He said that Europe was being overrun by migrants unlike the US which had it under control with his programs. He accused the mayor of London of promoting Sharia. He said that “I’ve been right about everything,”
It is incredibly sad and dangerous to have this man in charge. And embarrassing. I heard a podcast with the Jesuit James Martin interviewing Pete Buttigieg yesterday and thought about how wonderful it would be to have an articulate, genuinely Christian man at the head of our country. Sunday at Charley Kirk’s funeral, Trump blatantly said “I hate my opponent” and “I don’t want the best for them.” What could be more clearly anti-Christian? It is hard not to hate this man and those who are afraid to be anything but loyal to him. I try to pray for his change of heart, a softening of his heart to get rid of his need for revenge and retribution, a kindness to the immigrant and refugee and not just ways of increasing wealth for those already at the top of our economy.
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