Bush security aide: Trump "has no notable capacity for empathy. He's a man without charm."

[Miles Archer]

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump called on Americans to rally after the deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history. But those who helped George W. Bush unite the country after the Sept. 11 attacks say this president is not up to the task of healing a grieving nation.

"He's incapable of uniting the country," said Nicholas Rostow, who was as a national security aide to Bush. "Trump has no notable capacity for empathy. He's a man without charm. And charm goes a long way."

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"There needs to be an understanding that the president has a unique opportunity, particularly after a tragedy, to summon our best instincts and promote a spirit of empathy and call to service," said John Bridgeland, who was director of Bush's Domestic Policy Council during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

"Its absence is a kind of very loud, echoing emptiness that is completely inconsistent with presidential leadership throughout our history," said Bridgeland, now CEO of Civic Enterprises, a social action group. "Not to do this is to miss a big point of leadership. It's been missing since (Trump) was elected."

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/trump-has-no-notable-capacity-for-empathy-bush-aides-fear-president-will-fail-to-meet-the-moment/

[NurseJackie]

1. He has no soul...

... empty, dark, vacant, hollow.

[CrispyQ]

2. 63 million of our fellow citizens thought this man was qualified for this position.

The truth was there for them to see, in spite of FB ads, or TV ads, or any other bullshit excuse they want to try to spew - they knew what they were voting for.

[ismnotwasm]

4. Yup

I remind myself of that everyday. People voted for this, and many still support him.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. If it's not all about him, he can't be bothered to care. nt

[gopiscrap]

5. and some one esle said....with out a soul

I have encountered or seen very few people like...there seems to be a pure evil to him