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While delivering remarks at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California on Monday, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said bombing Syria last month served as "after-dinner entertainment" for the Trump administration. (Photo: Mike Blake/Reuters)
'Sociopath': Trump Cabinet Secretary Calls US Bombing of Syria 'After-Dinner Entertainment'
"It was in lieu of after-dinner entertainment," declared Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. "The thing was, it didn't cost the president anything to have that entertainment."
May 02, 2017
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross is under fire--with one journalist characterizing it as the behavior of a 'sociopath'--following crude remarks made Monday in which he described the U.S. bombing of Syria as "after-dinner entertainment" at President Donald Trump's private Mar-A-Lago estate while hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping last month.
"Just as dessert was being served, the president explained to Mr. Xi he had something he wanted to tell him, which was the launching of 59 missiles into Syria," Ross said Monday during a speech at the Milken Institute Conference in Beverly Hills, California. "It was in lieu of after-dinner entertainment. The thing was, it didn't cost the president anything to have that entertainment."
According to Variety, which first reported the comments, some members of the audience responded with laughter.
Made public, however, the comments by Ross attracted not smiles but widespread disgust and rebuke.
\u201cSociopath https://t.co/Tt9Sf9AwAp\u201d— Jordan (@Jordan) 1493734908
\u201cOh gawd this is miserable! These people are power-hungry monsters. Innocents were killed! https://t.co/sKkOG316g0 via @variety\u201d— Amy Siskind \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Amy Siskind \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1493674037
This short video by Carbonated TV captured additional responses of outrage:
Rep. Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California, also condemned Ross' comment.
"Secretary Wilbur Ross needs to apologize," Lieu declared in a tweet Monday night. "US military is not a toy and should never be used for 'entertainment.'"
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Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross is under fire--with one journalist characterizing it as the behavior of a 'sociopath'--following crude remarks made Monday in which he described the U.S. bombing of Syria as "after-dinner entertainment" at President Donald Trump's private Mar-A-Lago estate while hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping last month.
"Just as dessert was being served, the president explained to Mr. Xi he had something he wanted to tell him, which was the launching of 59 missiles into Syria," Ross said Monday during a speech at the Milken Institute Conference in Beverly Hills, California. "It was in lieu of after-dinner entertainment. The thing was, it didn't cost the president anything to have that entertainment."
According to Variety, which first reported the comments, some members of the audience responded with laughter.
Made public, however, the comments by Ross attracted not smiles but widespread disgust and rebuke.
\u201cSociopath https://t.co/Tt9Sf9AwAp\u201d— Jordan (@Jordan) 1493734908
\u201cOh gawd this is miserable! These people are power-hungry monsters. Innocents were killed! https://t.co/sKkOG316g0 via @variety\u201d— Amy Siskind \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Amy Siskind \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1493674037
This short video by Carbonated TV captured additional responses of outrage:
Rep. Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California, also condemned Ross' comment.
"Secretary Wilbur Ross needs to apologize," Lieu declared in a tweet Monday night. "US military is not a toy and should never be used for 'entertainment.'"
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross is under fire--with one journalist characterizing it as the behavior of a 'sociopath'--following crude remarks made Monday in which he described the U.S. bombing of Syria as "after-dinner entertainment" at President Donald Trump's private Mar-A-Lago estate while hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping last month.
"Just as dessert was being served, the president explained to Mr. Xi he had something he wanted to tell him, which was the launching of 59 missiles into Syria," Ross said Monday during a speech at the Milken Institute Conference in Beverly Hills, California. "It was in lieu of after-dinner entertainment. The thing was, it didn't cost the president anything to have that entertainment."
According to Variety, which first reported the comments, some members of the audience responded with laughter.
Made public, however, the comments by Ross attracted not smiles but widespread disgust and rebuke.
\u201cSociopath https://t.co/Tt9Sf9AwAp\u201d— Jordan (@Jordan) 1493734908
\u201cOh gawd this is miserable! These people are power-hungry monsters. Innocents were killed! https://t.co/sKkOG316g0 via @variety\u201d— Amy Siskind \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Amy Siskind \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1493674037
This short video by Carbonated TV captured additional responses of outrage:
Rep. Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California, also condemned Ross' comment.
"Secretary Wilbur Ross needs to apologize," Lieu declared in a tweet Monday night. "US military is not a toy and should never be used for 'entertainment.'"
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