One of the most important traits that any President should have, but not all do, is to have empathy, an understanding of the struggles and difficulties of people’s lives, and the ability to relate to the tragedies of others.
Donald Trump has not an ounce of empathy for anyone, as he is a total narcissist, and clearly does not care about others, only his own advancement financially, and to control others to his own benefit.
Trump does not lose sleep over the devastation wrought by the CoronaVirus Pandemic that could have been dealt with two months earlier, and made the tragedy far less deadly.
The three Presidents before him had empathy as, for example:
Bill Clinton at the time of the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995.
George W. Bush after the attack on New York City on September 11, 2001.
Barack Obama and the Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre in 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut.
Many other earlier Presidents also displayed empathy, with a few examples being
Abraham Lincoln mourning the loss of life at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg and the later Gettysburg Address in 1863.
Theodore Roosevelt demanding action on protection for workers and consumers with the protection of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906, after Publication of Upton Sinclair’s realistic novel, “The Jungle”, that same year.
Lyndon B. Johnson making a commitment to civil rights legislation and the War On Poverty despite his Southern heritage.
Jimmy Carter’s entire life of empathy, including his post Presidential activities even now at age 95.