All Apologies...

The press is confused. Again. It's a pretty standard way of acting for them now. I find it to be disingenuous at best and incredibly ignorant at worst. They keep waiting for an apology from the Trump White House about an employee saying that John McCain's opinion didn't matter because he was dying. They (the press) keep expecting this apology and how it's important instead of paying attention to the fact that Trump doesn't apologize and not only that his base loves him for it.

His base is made up of the same people who hated Barack Obama using diplomacy instead of fear tactics. They called his approach of admitting the United States shouldn't act unilaterally an apology tour. They despised him as weak for not blustering his way through speeches in foreign countries and instead listening and seeking advice and heeding it when necessary. His base loves that Trump is a bully. They cheered when Melania Trump said if you hit him he hits back 10 times harder. And they love that his idea of hitting is nothing more than someone not being obsequious.

The bullying, unapologetic, strongman, wanna be dictator is what they like. And the press somehow doesn't get that and expects an apology. It's just common decency! What? Common decency left the building when Trump walked in. He campaigned on uncommon vileness and they.ate.it.up. So...stop being stupid, Presspeople, and start remembering who you are dealing with.

The response from the White House has been one I've expected. "Let's talk about the really serious issue which is the leak." And you know what? On one hand Sarah Huckabee Sanders isn't wrong, the fact that everything is leaked is a serious issue. But it's an issue coming from inside their own house. The leakers are people they hired. There is no Deep State sabotaging them, they are doing it themselves. But on the other hand, no, that's not the only really serious issue. It reminds me of a philanderer being caught because their partner read their emails or texts. Yes, you are right, they should not have invaded your privacy, HOWEVER, there is still the issue that you're cheating that needs to be dealt with.

The fruit from a poisoned tree argument only goes so far. We know the leaking is bad, we know that you are mad about it, but we also know that you work in a group that thinks "joking" about a man dying of brain cancer is hilarious meeting material.

And on that note, as a progressive, liberal, cultural elite, education is a good thing, West Coast snob I am expected to apologize for not understanding the "average" American in the heartland. We still hear it today a year and half after the election. We just don't understand them, they are just so tired of being talked down to, they hate that we think they are ignorant or bigots or racists. We need to apologize. Well no. That would show weakness and I know that you hate that shit. And since you aren't being obsequious to me and telling me how smart and pretty and thin I am I have to assume that you are hitting me so I should hit you back 10 times harder. Because you like that. Right?

I'm kidding. Joking. Mocking. But it's true. I'm supposed to be apologetic to the Right while they continually make excuses for no apologies ever. Yet I do get you. I do understand you. I know that there are a lot of you that voted how you did for a variety of reasons. But understanding you doesn't mean agreeing with you. And I'm not going to apologize for that even if you think I should.

So, no, the Trump White House doesn't apologize, unless it's a nonapology apology. Either the, "We're sorry you were offended by that." or the forced apology of the Susie you apologize right now, "Sooooorrrryyyy" type. And I just wish the media would stop acting like they will. Yes, we all know (or at least more than half of us know) that they should but the fact that the rest of them LOVE that they won't means that they won't. Trump governs for his base. And he's not one bit sorry about that. Stop expecting him to act like it. He loves only those that love him. And he only cares about catering to his base.

Yeah, I know he said that: "I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans..." but we all also knows that he lies. So stop acting surprised about that too.