If you understand Donald Trump, it is not surprising in any way that he went to play golf this weekend. What is puzzling, however, is how many pundits don't seem to get him at all.
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It is a little bit baffling that, after a decade of Donald Trump dominating one news cycle after another, pundits have still not figured him out.
Case in point was the bewilderment many in the media expressed over the president’s decision to skip the arrival of the remains of four American soldiers who died in Lithuania last week.
While their caskets were sent off to the US in a ceremony attended by the president of the Baltic country (as well as thousands of people who wanted to pay their respects), Trump was nowhere to be found when they arrived… at least not anywhere near Dover Air Force Base.
He could, however, be found on a Florida golf course, where the president participated in a meaningless club championship.
All of this left many pundits scratching their heads, mystified that the president could be so callous.
Obviously, all of this happened against the backdrop of the global financial chaos that Trump triggered with his tariffs on Wednesday. That, too, left talking heads wondering how the president could be so tone deaf and play golf while Americans saw their retirement accounts take a massive hit.
We’ll explain it to them one more time: Trump. Does. Not. Care.
He does not care about dead soldiers (or living ones, for that matter), and he does not care about the financial fortunes of Americans.
That’s it. That’s the explanation.
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The president isn’t tone deaf; he is just indifferent.
As long as what happens in the world doesn’t affect him directly — unless, for example, somebody on cable TV says something mean about him or he is reminded that an unflattering portrait of him exists — Trump does not care.
And for him personally, things are going just fine.
The line between his businesses and his role as president has never been more blurred. His tariffs are practically an invitation to get entire countries to shovel money into his pockets in exchange for an exemption.
In addition, Trump is still running a crypto scam that also allows those seeking his favor to “invest” in a meme coin (which is like investing $1 billion in a lemonade stand with the difference being that you would at least get lemonade if you did the latter).
Of course, he can also keep (over)charging the Secret Service for protecting him and his family at his own properties. However, that only nets him a few million dollars, which is peanuts compared to the other rackets Trump has got going.
Furthermore, according to polls that the president has conjured up in his mind, Americans love him and everything is great.
And, finally, he can play golf whenever he wants. It’s not as though Republicans are going to complain about that.
So, why bother doing things for the country or for four soldiers who died in a training exercise? Where is the personal benefit for Trump?
This is the central question that many of those who are supposed to help Americans understand the president still don’t get… in part because they refuse to point out that he is suffering from various mental illnesses.
These make it pointless to try to compare Trump to other politicians because he is driven purely by self-interest… and anybody who fails to acknowledge that will never be able to explain why he does the things he does.
In his Navigating the Insanity columns, Klaus Marre provides the kind of hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and often humorous analysis you won’t find anywhere else.
