Bessent on Trump feeling "glad" about Mueller...We should have empathy for the president

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
WELKER: Do you think it's appropriate for POTUS to celebrate the death of Bronze Star recipient?

BESSENT: Neither one of us can understand what's been done to the president & his family

W: So there's nothing wrong w/post saying, 'Good. Mueller's dead'?

B: We should have empathy for the president

WELKER: Do you think it's appropriate for POTUS to celebrate the death of Bronze Star recipient?

BESSENT: Neither one of us can understand what's been done to the president & his family

W: So there's nothing wrong w/post saying, 'Good. Mueller's dead'?

B: We should have empathy for the president

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-22T14:29:30.099Z

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Pod People

“In answer to your question, we really need more worship of the traitor.”

[GiqueCee]

2. YO! WEASELDICK!

Empathy for the president, when he has NONE for anyone else? Shut the fuck UP, Bessent.

[Walleye]

4. I remember Elon said empathy was a weakness. I'm sure he told that to Trump.

But it didn’t even look like Trump grieved for his wife, mother of his children

[GiqueCee]

8. And Musk's remark...

... confirms his status as a soulless sociopath with the moral compass of a rabid hyena. It is beyond depressing that my comparison applies to every member of Trump's confederacy of dunces.

[Walleye]

3. I might feel sorry for him if he's behind bars for the rest of his life. He loves throwing lawyers at people.

The criminal investigation was the most exciting thing that ever ever happened to him. He doesn’t have a right to be an asshole because of it. He’s the one who committed the crimes.

[Vinca]

5. Good lord. Pardon me while I go vomit.

[Blues Heron]

6. The descent of bessent

Elevator goooooiing down

[vapor2]

7. SERIOUSLY??

Empathy my ass. Empathy for one who is enriching himself daily? Empathy for one who takes our healthcare, our voting rights, our 1st amendment rights, who starts an illegal war bypassing congress and the American people etc etc NO Iempathy for an idiot who has done NOTHING for our country

[johnnyfins]

9. empathy for him and his family??

While they rob the american people blind?

[tanyev]

10. The problem is that Donald Trump is incapable of separating his personal interests from the presidency.

The President of the United States has many ways of communicating official business, but Donald Trump created a private social media platform, owned by himself, which he simultaneously uses for announcements he considers official government business and messages that communicate his own personal and often petty opinions.

He conducts government business at many of the clubs he owns and has violated untold numbers of established procedures in his efforts to remodel the official office and residence of the president to the gaudy style in which his clubs and personal residences are decorated.

He ignores advice from qualified experienced experts in any field in favor of recommendations from his children, their spouses and anyone who has managed to weasel their way into frequent contact with him.

I could go on and on. Basically, he has attempted to bring the country under the auspices of the Trump Organization and we are all supposed to simply accept it without question.

[Onthefly]

11. Cringe, Cringe. Vomit. Psychophants of dear leader.

[PufPuf23]

12. The POTUS should have more empathy for the People.

Bessent is wrong. Go figure.

[Boomerproud]

13. The replies on Blue Sky were awesome.

They also correctly trashed Welker for asking a softball question and (as usual) no followup. So useless, the lot of them.

[Miles Archer]

14. There are multiple clips from that segment on Bluesky. He was condescending, didactic, walked all over her.

Lots of "once again, you're wrong, please pay attention while I correct you" stuff.

That gig needs a pit bull, not Welker.

[Boomerproud]

15. I just noticed how much he blinks. Geez.

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