After School Shooting, Trump Focuses On ‘Difficult Issue Of Mental Health’

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with bipartisan members of Congress on infrastructure in the Cabinet Room of the White House on February 14, 2018 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN ... US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with bipartisan members of Congress on infrastructure in the Cabinet Room of the White House on February 14, 2018 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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In remarks from the White House Thursday on the mass shooting that left 17 dead in South Florida the previous day, President Donald Trump offered no legislative solutions to address America’s epidemic of gun deaths but insisted that Americans “must actually make [a] difference.”

Our administration is working closely with local authorities to investigate the shooting and learn everything we can,” he said. “We are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health.”

“Later this month, I will be meeting with the nation’s governors and attorney generals where making our schools and our children safer will be our top priority,” Trump continued. “It is not enough to simply take actions that make us feel like we are making a difference. We must actually make that difference.” 

Earlier in his remarks, Trump urged troubled youth to “turn to a teacher, a family member, a local police officer, or a faith leader” and to “answer hate with love, answer cruelty with kindness.”

He added: “We must also work together to create a culture in our country that embraces the dignity of life, that creates deep and meaningful human connections, and that turns classmates and colleagues into friends and neighbors.”

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  1. Like Kellyanne Conway said, we need to stop focusing on the words that are coming out of Trump’s mouth, and instead focus on what’s in his heart. In this particular case, a complete lack of any interest whatsoever.

  2. He added: “We must also work together to create a
    culture in our country that embraces the dignity of life, that creates
    deep and meaningful human connections, and that turns classmates
    and colleagues into friends and neighbors.”

    Yup, like grabbing them by the pussy.

  3. This situation apparently has really nothing to do with guns, which Trump never once mentioned. Presumably because guns don’t kill people, per the NRA.

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