President Biden may be a lot of things, but “empathy” is not in his bailiwick. In fact lack of “empathy” may be a good description of his basic personality. Somehow when the situation calls for empathy and understanding, Joe Biden is the antithesis of both. This has happened so often that now even KJP does not try to spin his lack of feeling. I recognize that some of you do not like President Trump, but one thing on which everyone must agree is that on innumerable occasions, President Trump displayed Empathy.
On 9/11/2023, JB not make it to one of the three sacred 9/11 sites. He was the first President to not do that in 22 years. To make it worse on the day which should be a solemn day for all of us, Joe Biden again tried to make himself the center of attention, when he spoke in Anchorage, Alaska on 9/11/23. Here he described how difficult it was for him to be at ground zero the following day, 9/12/01. The problem here … it was a lie! He was in Washington on 9/12/2001. Note to JB: “Empathy does not start with I!”
This sort of self-aggrandizement is very reminiscent of his odd self-centered speech during his token appearance in Lahaina, after the disastrous fire. Not only did he attempt to tell jokes, (totally disgraceful in that situation), but he then attempted to shift the focus to himself with the story of his kitchen fire. Note to JB: “Empathy does not start with I!”
His lack of feeling was again exemplified when he greeted a Gold Star mother after he son was killed in Biden’s disastrous pulling out of Afghanistan. Here he commented to the distraught woman that he and Jill understood how she felt, as his son, Beau, was brought home in a similar coffin. Here also, that was a lie, as Beau died from a malignant brain tumor. JB inserting himself inappropriately into someone else’s tragedy seems to be his modus operandi! Note to JB: “Empathy does not start with I!”
9/13/23