Harry Dunn crash: Trump 'pressed bereaved parents to meet killer driver Anne Sacoolas'

[RandySF]

The parents of Harry Dunn said that President Trump had pressed them multiple times to meet the woman who killed their son in a car crash.

Their spokesman said that the attempted photo-opportunity at the White House was “hastily arranged by nincompoops”.

Mr Trump said that he had been asked to arrange a meeting by Boris Johnson.

Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn said that they refused repeated requests from the president to meet Anne Sacoolas, after being told that she had been brought to the White House.





https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/harry-dunn-crash-trump-pressed-bereaved-parents-to-see-killer-driver-anne-sacoolas-8l7mhphfs?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1571268181

[democrank]

1. Trump....empty as a dry well

No heart, no soul, no nothing

[Pachamama]

2. Trump is a classless idiot and asshole

He tried to force this meeting on them and took them by surprise....

Good for them standing their ground and saying no....

Outrageous that he did this...

[dchill]

3. Of course he did. I would expect no less.

[dawg day]

4. Come on, you know it's hard from Trump. He's never loved anyone.

and never really been loved, so what the hell, why not force the parents to confront the killer ON CAMERA.
It's not like he has any human emotion.

[canetoad]

5. Seeing this post

Reminded me to check what the ghastly Daily Mail was reporting about this debacle. Apparently it was Boris Johnson's request. The planet has been over-run by vogons.

'Boris asked me to do it': Donald Trump says he invited parents of Harry Dunn to meet their son's killer Anne Sacoolas at the White House 'only because Boris Johnson asked him to'

Donald Trump says that he asked the parents of Harry Dunn to meet their son's killer at the White House because Boris Johnson asked him to do so. The US President said that he arranged for the family to come to Washington DC last night after the Prime Minister spoke with him and says Harry's grieving parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, had initially wanted to meet Anne Sacoolas.

'I spoke with Boris,' he said. 'He asked me if I'd do that and I did it. Unfortunately, they wanted to meet with her but when we had everybody together they decided not to meet, perhaps they had lawyers involved by that time, I don't know. The people were lovely, they were very nice. They were desperately sad.'

Mr Trump repeatedly asked them to meet the American diplomat's wife as she waited outside the Oval Office and when they resisted he told them: 'She's here so let's get some healing'.

The Republican said today: 'My meeting with the family was beautiful in a certain way. They did not want to meet with the person in question but we had a very good meeting, they're very nice people.'

This evening, a Downing Street spokesman said: 'The Prime Minister and President spoke last Wednesday. The Prime Minister asked the President to do all he could to help resolve this tragic issue. The President agreed to work on trying to find a way forward.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7580491/Donald-Trump-asked-parents-Harry-Dunn-meet-sons-Boris-Johnson-asked-to.html

That's the whole article.

[hlthe2b]

7. I'm no fan of Boris Johnson, but this smacks of pure Trump all the way. Not buying the

deflection to Johnson. PURE TRUMP.

[tanyev]

10. 100% agree. Oh how I'd love to see Boris (figuratively) throw Trump under a double decker bus.

[peggysue2]

6. Nicolle Wallace referred to this stunt as a . . .

Jerry Springer moment. How horrible for these parents. Trump is devoid of empathy on any level. He was looking for a frigging Photo-op.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. This morass reminds me of how in 1985 Phyllis George wanted falsely accused rapist Gary Dotson to

hug the woman who lied and put him in jail. Both parties looked uncomfortably at each other on live TV.

[Mc Mike]

9. Yeah, we'll meet her in court, in the UK, after she's been tried.