I know President Trump is a very sensitive and caring person who I greatly admire - I’m certainly not singling him out for criticism.
My comment was directed at outspokenly religious people who seem to have a blind spot when it comes to talking about tragedy in terms of God’s providence.
As I said, I don’t expect you to understand.
I concur with you re. the "blind spot" (I'd call it an "unwillingness to consider alternate standpoints") many "outspokenly" (or even "self-righteously") religious people sometimes display.
In the case at hand, re. "Divine Providence," I don't claim to be infallible - my personal interpretation could very well be wrong; perhaps I stated my case with too much confidence or even cock-suredness. In actual fact, I was simply offering a tentative possible interpretation.
(You, however, appeared quite strident and unaccepting of alternate positions. Your - now repeated - statement that you "don't expect" me to understand likewise seems rather condescending. Do you really expect that dismissive tone to "de-escalate" a verbal exchange?)
Maybe we conservatives are all still a little shocked and hence "touchy" about the whole matter.
President Trump is sometimes a little clumsy or blunt in his formulations, but I maintain that the term "unthinkable" in reference to his possibly being killed - even if some other innocent actually was killed - is appropriate and requires no further elucidation or defense.
I doubt that even his political enemies will attempt to "make hay" with that wordage. We conservatives certainly shouldn't fixate on it.
Regards,