‘I hear you’: Donald Trump’s note to self at emotional student listening session goes viral
Spilling out wrenching tales of lost lives and stolen security, students and parents appealed to Trump to set politics aside and protect America’s schoolchildren. And he listened.
US President Donald Trump held a worthwhile listening session featuring a range of views on how to combat gun violence in schools.
And while Trump’s at-times-meandering comments about arming teachers will certainly raise eyebrows, for the most part he did listen.
Thanks in part, it seems, to a helpful reminder.
Photographers captured this image of Trump’s notes, which some internet sleuths suggested was in daughter Ivanka’s handwriting.
At No. 5 is a talking point about telling those present that he was actually listening. After what appear to be four questions he planned to ask those assembled, No. 5 is an apparent reminder for Trump to tell people, “I hear you.”
Even No. 1 is basically a reminder that Trump should empathise.