Trump exploits Germany truck attack to immediately blame Muslims

Posted by | December 19, 2016 20:34 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

A president, even a president-elect, should wait until the facts are in.

Reacting to the news that 12 people were killed and dozens more were injured after a truck drove into a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany, President-Elect Donald Trump issued a statement capitalizing on the tragedy and blaming “ISIS and other Islamist terrorists” for the attack – before any hard facts about motives have been released.

Full statement from Trump:

Our hearts and prayers are with the loved ones of the victims of today’s horrifying terror attack in Berlin. Innocent civilians were murdered in the streets as they prepared to celebrate the Christmas holiday. ISIS and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter Christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad. These terrorists and their regional and worldwide networks must be eradicated from the face of the earth, a mission we will carry out with all freedom-loving partners.

As he did frequently throughout his campaign, Trump is again exploiting a tragedy in order to push an anti-Muslim narrative. After all, blaming an entire religion for the senseless violence of a few is a whole lot easier than actually knowing what you’re talking about. It’s a simple way to frame what is a much more complex issue – one Trump likely doesn’t know how to address in a thoughtful, honest way.

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21 responses to Trump exploits Germany truck attack to immediately blame Muslims

  1. Larry Schmitt December 19th, 2016 at 20:43

    God, I hate this motherf*cker. I hate him more each day.

    • StoneyCurtisll December 19th, 2016 at 21:44

      More every day~!

    • Suzanne McFly December 19th, 2016 at 22:12

      I try my best to not hate, but with this entire family and everyone they know I have given up. It is not worth the fight IMO.

  2. nola878 December 19th, 2016 at 20:51

    Can clearly see where this will be going…he’ll be pointing to Muslims as a focal point for anger instead of his many coming failures.

    • mea_mark December 19th, 2016 at 21:08

      He is getting more and more like Hitler everyday.

    • amersham1046 December 19th, 2016 at 21:09

      when i doubt he call always go back to the old standards and blame Obama or Hillary

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  3. amersham1046 December 19th, 2016 at 21:07

    Tomorrow this will be forgotten and he will move onto another rant

    • nola878 December 19th, 2016 at 21:10

      Memories of guppies, nay, gnats we have in this nation.

  4. StoneyCurtisll December 19th, 2016 at 21:43

    The Reichstag fire 2.0..(2016)
    (kidding, sort of)

    • nola878 December 19th, 2016 at 21:54

      Been saying this long before Rump was elected…watch for an incident, manufactured or not, that gives him more power.

      ps…hope the fire suppression system in the Capitol Building is up to snuff…

      • StoneyCurtisll December 19th, 2016 at 21:56

        Bingo my Brother…

  5. Suzanne McFly December 19th, 2016 at 22:10

    Why change things at this point? This is what he has been doing and he won’t change anything now that he “won”.

  6. William December 19th, 2016 at 22:16

    Everybody relax. This fool couldn’t even run a casino. He’ll try things, get stopped by all those pesky laws, and spend his time tweeting from the oval office toilet. He’s essentially the pointy headed boss in Dilbert.

    • Suzanne McFly December 19th, 2016 at 22:19

      But the pointy headed boss in Dilbert doesn’t have access to nuclear codes.

      • nola878 December 19th, 2016 at 22:20

        Or can destroy 320 million…nay 7.5 billion people.

  7. amongoose December 19th, 2016 at 22:28

    Die Welt is reporting that he is a Pakistani refugee. The truck was stolen from a construction site and the Polish driver of the truck was murdered and still in the truck.
    http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/19/report-berlin-terror-attacker-is-a-pakistani-refugee/

  8. Obewon December 20th, 2016 at 01:02

    But who are those Trump45 will call our friends… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcBoghmgtcY

  9. Mensa Member December 20th, 2016 at 10:04

    Yes, it seems like the Nice attack. But it’s dangerous for the president to publicly jump to conclusions about such things.

    That’s how needless wars get started.

  10. oldfart December 20th, 2016 at 11:25

    Tweet first avoid PDB later.
    He knows more than the generals.
    It’s gonna be great.

  11. Foundryman December 20th, 2016 at 13:26

    Germany just released the guy, if Trump knows something they don’t, he should let them know. The more he makes a complete fool of himself, the better, America will be weakened to the point where no one will take us seriously making it almost impossible to cause the world any real damage. They won’t ask, and they won’t tell Trump anything.

    HaHa…i just made a funny…I said…”if Trump knows something”….

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