Maybe not pejorative, but certainly colloquial, informal, folksy and entirely inappropriate for the occasion coming from the leader of the free world. Wouldn’t you say?
” colloquial, informal, folksy and entirely inappropriate for the occasion”
your description reminds me of Bambi’s response to the Ft Hood massacre, when he announced it on the news.
This occasion is in an interview several weeks after the murders took place.
Sorry, I’ve taken off the black, dried my eyes and moved on.