WASHINGTON \u2014 In a blistering prime-time segment following Saturday night\u2019s chaos at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, CNN anchors and analysts expressed growing frustration with President Trump, accusing the commander-in-chief of being purposefully obstructionist and aggressively uncooperative by failing to remain stationary during an attempted assassination.<\/p>\n
The network spent the entire evening analyzing the problematic optics of the selfish President\u2019s survival, arguing that by ducking behind a large table and Secret Service agents, Trump engaged in a divisive act of self-preservation that fundamentally undermined the shooter\u2019s democratic right to express his frustrations.<\/p>\n
“Once again, we see President Trump demonstrating his complete disregard for democratic norms by refusing to die when clearly targeted,” said an exasperated CNN anchor. “By ducking behind the table and then fleeing the area, Trump demonstrated a total lack of empathy for the shooter\u2019s intent. This aggressive uncooperativeness is a threat not just to our democracy but to basic human decency.”<\/p>\n
The network\u2019s panel of experts spent much of the evening analyzing slow-motion footage of the President\u2019s flinch, with some suggesting that his sudden movement was a racist, white supremacist dog whistle to his base.<\/p>\n