Donald Trump on Monday celebrated his Iowa caucus victory by shouting out to former President Jimmy Carter. (Watch the video beneath.)
But in essentially the most backhanded, offensive, baffling manner conceivable, utilizing the November demise of former first woman Rosalynn Carter as a jump-off level.
“My wife attended the funeral two months ago of Rosalynn Carter and it was beautiful and Jimmy Carter was there,” Trump stated. “And I thought to myself Jimmy Carter is happy now because he will go down as being a brilliant president by comparison to Joe Biden. … He’s gonna be known as brilliant!”
Trump has made comparable feedback about Carter, together with Sunday at a rally and at an early December cease in Iowa, the place on Monday the Republican frontrunner loved a dominant win to kick off the 2024 election cycle.
While digs at Biden have been to be anticipated forward of their anticipated 2024 rematch, Trump’s “word salad” appeared to hyperlink Rosalynn Carter’s funeral to Jimmy Carter’s happiness, critics on X (previously Twitter) stated. They referred to as the remarks “insensitive” and “sickening.”
Meanwhile, Carter, 99, has reportedly been receiving hospice care in his Plains, Georgia, residence and is hopefully not listening to a phrase of Trump’s nonsense.
