Robert Mueller who served with distinction as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2001-2013 died on March 20 at the age of eighty one. He was suffering from Parkinson’s disease for the past five years. His death was widely mourned by America’s bureaucratic elite, especially those in law enforcement. Mueller was hailed for his years of public service. In the midst of tributes to Mueller’s memory, President Donald Trump made remarks on him. He wrote on Truth Social “Robert Mueller just died. Good. I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people”!

Trump is intemperate—and that is a light word for him—to friends and foes alike. He does not care if his obnoxious remarks are being directed at domestic or foreign leaders. Trump makes disparaging remarks about his predecessor Joe Biden. In his view the 2020 election was stolen from him and therefore Biden had no right to be President. Biden does not respond to him and the American media has also now given up on pointing out that Trump debases himself and his office by being nasty to his predecessor. And, most foreign leaders do not respond because they do not want to earn the ire of the world’s most powerful man. But it is simply mind boggling that Trump should have expressed satisfaction at Mueller’s death. This has led to an intense outrage against Trump.

Michael........

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