'Get him a dictionary': Trump trolled for calling police response to Las Vegas shooting a 'miracle'
Trump's latest remarks come after initially offering "warmest sympathies" to the Las Vegas shooting victims and families.
US President Donald Trump said it was a "miracle" how quickly the Las Vegas police responded to the deadly mass shooting that left more than 50 people dead and hundreds injured on Sunday (1 October). Twitter mocked Trump over his choice of words, questioning why he chose to double down on using the word miracle while discussing one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern American history.
Trump tweeted on Tuesday (3 October): "It was a 'miracle' how fast the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police were able to find the demented shooter and stop him from even more killing!"
Trump made similar remarks to reporters earlier on Tuesday saying what happened in Nevada "is in many ways a miracle".
"What happened in Las Vegas is in many ways a miracle. The police department has done such an incredible job, and we'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by," he said. "But I do have to say how quickly the police department was able to get in was really very much of a miracle. They've done an amazing job."
Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old retiree from Nevada, opened fire on an outdoor country music festival from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, killed 59 people and injuring mroe than 500 others. Gun smoke from the rounds fired filled the hotel room and set off the fire alarm. The gunman killed himself before police stormed his hotel room.
Twitter users criticised Trump saying that although the Las Vegas police did do a good job responding to the deadly incident, the mass shooting was still a tragedy and that using the word "miracle" in this context was "absurd".
"Words used by Trump to describe hurricanes, mass shootings, poverty, etc... reveal an incredibly out of touch person incapable of empathy," Adam Best tweeted. "Nobody is disputing law enforcement and first responders showing courage at the scene. This is about Trump's appalling misuse of words."
"Trump, results of skilled work is not a 'miracle'," Tommy Campbell tweeted. "Insulting to those doing their jobs, be it police, fire or even your paid Russian bots."
Some people zeroed in on Trump's use of quotation marks surrounding the word "miracle" in his tweet.
"Your use of quotes is either incorrect or you're being sarcastic. Either way, your poor communication skills come as no surprise," one person wrote. A second added: "Miracle today, warmest sympathy yesterday. Alien vocabulary."
"The real miracle will be if gun laws are ever passed to stop this from happening again," one Twitter user wrote.
My dude, your use of quotations makes you look like you’re insincere and incapable of being empathetic. Work on that!
— Sam Houston (@samhouston) October 4, 2017
But the gunman killed himself, and the police didnt get to him..
— Daaron Porter (@daaron_porter) October 3, 2017
600 people shot. Trump calls it a "miracle"
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 3, 2017
i got nothing.....
What kind of sick mind sees this event and comes out with the word "miracle"?
— Jim (@giguerja) October 3, 2017
He knows words. He had the "best" words. 🙄 pic.twitter.com/TIjBD9fSgI
— Chloe (@chloeconspiracy) October 3, 2017
59 people dead.
— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) October 3, 2017
550 people injured.
72 minutes for police to find the shooter.
Trump: It's a "miracle!" https://t.co/SjjqWVcnVv
Sully landing US Airways Flight 1549 was a "miracle."
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) October 3, 2017
The Las Vegas mass shooting was a "tragedy."
Get Trump a dictionary. He does not have the best words after all.
WTF is he talking about? https://t.co/hcEHsGODz5
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 3, 2017
Actually he killed himself. The miracle is that he was allowed to buy 42 guns and countless ammunition. https://t.co/DIr5PkHytn
— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) October 4, 2017
It's not a miracle. Stephen Paddock fired so many bullets after killing so many people that the smoke detectors went off.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) October 4, 2017
Because Trump sees life only as wins and losses, not love and pain. He is trying to bully this into being a logical statement. It wasn't.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) October 4, 2017
It's a "miracle" you somehow are still PRESIDENT.
— Luke 🇺🇸 (@LukePolitics) October 4, 2017
He killed himself before they stopped him.
— Emily Sears (@emilysears) October 4, 2017
(Not to discredit their work and handling of the whole situation)
— Maddie Simon (@MaddieJo28) October 4, 2017
what. no. miracle doesn't mean that. https://t.co/fBy9hGTstD
— robneyer (@robneyer) October 3, 2017
Note how “miracle†is in quotes. He knows. https://t.co/BpdEMvEYGJ
— TruthInGovernment (@TruthinGov2016) October 4, 2017
Trump called it a miracle that the cops hit there so fast in Vegas. Not a miracle. Damn fine training. Vegas is prepared for the worst .
— American Veteran (@amvetsupport) October 4, 2017
It would be a "miracle" for me to comment on a public tragedy without choosing precisely the wrong words! https://t.co/nBWOoxdyf4
— Translate Trump (@TranslateRealDT) October 4, 2017
I don't think the word miracle should ever be used in describing a massacre like this
— Impeach Donald Trump (@Impeach_D_Trump) October 4, 2017
Trump:
— Jamie #Resistance â„ï¸ (@JCTheResistance) October 3, 2017
Charlotsville. Fine people
Taking a knee: son of bitches
Las Vegas : miracle
Puerto Rico: you hurt my budget
WTF! #Impeach
Good god. He doesn’t know how to use words.
— Abigalin of Ironoaks (@purplesockday) October 3, 2017
— Alaina✨ (@Laina_90) October 3, 2017
It's a sad moment in US history when we can't even expect our President to step back during tragic moments and choose his words carefully.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) October 4, 2017
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