The Profound Selfishness of Trumpers

Demanding Compassion While Giving None to Others

What never ceases to amaze me is the victimhood mentality of Trump supporters. I am not someone who shames genuine victims for speaking out. Many marginalized groups are unfairly accused of indulging in victimhood when they highlight the injustices they face.

Ironically, those doing the shaming are often the most privileged — people who have never truly known hardship. But I will criticize self-victimization when it comes from those who are, in reality, a privileged class.

Take Elon Musk, for example. Watching him in interviews, welling up with emotion, almost in tears over his companies’ struggles — all caused by his own actions — he plays the part of a misunderstood hero. With a quivering voice and feigned sincerity, he tells us he’s just trying to eliminate waste and fraud in government.

Yet, this is the same man who laughs like a supervillain, cracking jokes about the thousands he has fired. He mocked the millions of poor people affected by USAID cuts, dismissing them as being thrown into the “wood chipper.” These cuts impact Ebola prevention, AIDS treatment, hunger relief, and more.

Let me quote Mother Jones on the dramatic consequences:

The U.S. Agency for…