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Miles Archer

(21,362 posts)
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 12:45 AM 21 hrs ago

Trump offers KEEN INSIGHT into the Brown University shootings: "Great school. Things can happen."

Trump addressed Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University in a manner that was very Trump-like.

“Brown University, great school, really one of the greatest schools anywhere in the world,” Trump said Sunday from the White House. “Things can happen, so to the nine injured, get well fast. And to the families of those two who are no longer with us, I pay my deepest regards and respects from the United States of America. Thank you very much. It’s a very important thing to say. And we mean it.”

Trump also mentioned the deadly attack in Australia on Sunday morning as well as the fatal attack on U.S. soldiers in Syria, saying he wanted to “pay his respects to everybody.”

On Saturday afternoon, a gunman opened fire in Brown University’s engineering building, killing two people and injuring at least nine others. Police said a person of interest was in custody as of Sunday morning.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-brown-university-shooting_n_693f0afae4b0f14dd5de4574?origin=home-latest-news-unit

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Trump offers KEEN INSIGHT into the Brown University shootings: "Great school. Things can happen." (Original Post) Miles Archer 21 hrs ago OP
He's circling the drain. Ocelot II 21 hrs ago #1
What an asshole, seriously AZJonnie 21 hrs ago #2
Hey Trump, Butler, PA. Great city. Things can happen... RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 21 hrs ago #3
Trump only cares about trump Coldwater 21 hrs ago #4
HuffPost: Critics 'Horrified' By Trump's 3 Words About Brown University Shooting Eugene 7 hrs ago #5

AZJonnie

(2,601 posts)
2. What an asshole, seriously
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 12:54 AM
21 hrs ago

"Thank you very much. It’s a very important thing to say. And we mean it."

What the actual fuck



Such an embarrassment.

Eugene

(66,704 posts)
5. HuffPost: Critics 'Horrified' By Trump's 3 Words About Brown University Shooting
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 02:25 PM
7 hrs ago
Critics ‘Horrified’ By Trump’s 3 Words About Brown University Shooting (HuffPost)

Critics accused Donald Trump of showing a distinct lack of empathy with his comments on the mass shooting at Brown University, in which two people were killed this weekend.

Trump, speaking at the White House Christmas reception, first praised Brown as a “great school, really one of the greatest schools anywhere in the world.”

But the president then said:

“Things can happen, so to the nine injured, get well fast. And to the families of those two who are no longer with us, I pay my deepest regards and respects from the United States of America. Thank you very much. It’s a very important thing to say. And we mean it.”

While Trump did send his “deepest regards,” the “things can happen” line still drew anger on social media.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/critics-horrified-donald-trumps-3-072447495.html

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It should also be pointed out that, when asked about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, he dismissed it with the response, "Things happen."
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