Trump's Posthumous Insults Reflect a Deeper GOP Decay

Will Saletan argues that Donald Trump’s gleeful postmortem jab at Robert Mueller after Mueller’s death epitomizes a long pattern of cruel, narcissistic remarks that the GOP largely tolerates. The piece catalogs similar episodes—insults toward the families of deceased figures and other public figures—while noting that party leaders rarely rebuke him and sometimes offer sympathy for Trump. It contends this reflects a broader erosion of decency and accountability within the Republican Party, with critics arguing that the party’s response is more protective of Trump than empathetic toward the bereaved.