He has more empathy with nebulous ideas/events than real life persons, esp. of those he has direct responsibility for.
I'm talking, of course, of Global Warming/Climate Change and real victims of violent crimes that his admin is directly responsible for.
But who can forget his grinning from ear to ear in a golf cart after briefly announced an American citizen being beheaded ...... (and way too many other incidents like this to mention.)
In fact, always act like you were against those actions the whole time and will fix them.
Deny, Deny, Deny.
That is the name of the game.