Trump, speaking during a meeting with law enforcement officials at the White House 
Trump takes a shot at Obama: "I listened to their heartbreaking stories, asked them for their ideas and pledged to them that we will take action, unlike for many years where people sitting in my position did not take action. They did not take proper action."
Trump calls Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz "a sicko"
TRUMP with lunatic commentary about MS-13: "They are killing people. Not necessarily w/guns b/c that is not painful enough... They want to do it more painfully, & slowly. So they cut them up with knives. They don't use guns, they use knives because they want long, painful death."
TRUMP on Nikolas Cruz: "A sicko... he was a sick guy." (Cruz is still alive.)
After Florida AG Pam Bondi suggests policy to take people's guns away if they're committed to a mental institution, Trump says, "you want them to take the guns, not go through the six months of a legal trial."
TRUMP on the internet & video games: "We have to look at the internet b/c a lot of bad things are happening to young kids & young minds, and their minds are being fooled...more & more ppl saying that the level of violence in video games is really shaping young people's thoughts"
Completely dehumanizing: Trump calls gang members "absolute animals. These are not human beings, these are animals."
(The Parkland shooting happened in one of Florida's safest cities.)
(The Parkland shooting happened in one of Florida's safest cities.)
The mayor of Parkland mentioned the need for gun control but Trump didn't even acknowledge it.
A lovefest between Trump & Kellyanne Conway
TRUMP: "Most people know Kellyanne Conway, she's become a pretty big star, right?"
CONWAY: "I am very grateful you are president at this time."
TRUMP: "Most people know Kellyanne Conway, she's become a pretty big star, right?"
CONWAY: "I am very grateful you are president at this time."
TRUMP: "We have to harden our schools, not soften them up. A gun free zone to a killer or somebody that wants to be a killer, that is like going in for ice cream."
Calls for "hardened schools" and arming teachers.
Calls for "hardened schools" and arming teachers.
TRUMP CALLS FOR MILITARIZED SCHOOLS: "I want a hardened school... I would like to see true people w/great talent at guns, being adept at guns, of which there is only a percentage of people. Whatever that percentage may be, it's substantial. You can't hire enough security guards."
Trump says a school "is frankly no different" than a military base
TRUMP on the NRA: "I'm the biggest believer of the second amendment... but the NRA is ready to do things."
ON GUN REGULATIONS & THE NRA: "I told them, 'we're gonna have to toughen 'em up.'"
But again says he wants to "harden" schools, not soften them.
ON GUN REGULATIONS & THE NRA: "I told them, 'we're gonna have to toughen 'em up.'"
But again says he wants to "harden" schools, not soften them.
Trump says John Kelly would make a good armed guard at a school.
"Then the bullets are going to be flying in the other direction."
"Then the bullets are going to be flying in the other direction."
Trump points out that his plan to arm teachers would be cheaper than paying for a bunch of armed guards
Trump is oddly opposed to active shooter drills.
"Active shooter drills are very negative thing. If I am a child and I'm 10 and I say 'we are going to have an active shooter drill,' what's that? 'People may come in and shoot you.' I think that's a very negative thing."
"Active shooter drills are very negative thing. If I am a child and I'm 10 and I say 'we are going to have an active shooter drill,' what's that? 'People may come in and shoot you.' I think that's a very negative thing."
