Responding to tragedy is an expected and difficult task of the president. Biden blew it. Trump has mastered it.
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What a difference a year makes. During former President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address, the distraught father of a slain Marine was removed from the room and arrested for interrupting Biden’s speech.
Steve Nikoui, father of Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, shouted “Abbey Gate,” and “Second Battalion First Marines!” His son, 20, was one of 13 Americans killed by an ISIS suicide bomber during Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. There was no tolerance for a grieving father. Nikoui was handcuffed and charged for disrupting Congress. The charges were later dropped.
