The President of the United States occupies several significant positions, including serving as commander-in-chief, Leader of the Free World, chief executive of the federal government, leader of their political party, and fulfilling the important informal duty of commander-in-chief.

If a president possesses the legislative skill of LBJ, the military expertise of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the diplomatic skills of FDR, but does not have the empathy to serve as “comforter-in-chief” to console a grieving nation during times of crisis, they are ill-suited for the presidency.

The president should remain calm and use reassuring language during natural disasters, mass shootings, war, or other national crises.

Donald Trump has the military skills Dudley-Do-Right, the diplomatic chops of Atilla the Hun, the legislative expertise of Tommy Tuberville, and the sociopath is lacking in empathy and incapable of serving as “comforter-in-chief.”

Trump’s inadequacy as comforter-in-chief was in full display when he threw paper towels at a crowd of Hurricane Maria survivors in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Trump makes a half-hearted effort to be comforter-in-chief only when a natural disaster strikes a red state.

Trump is a vindictive tyrant and the antithesis of comforter-in-chief. He is the divider-in-chief, agitator-in-chief, and inciter-in-chief.

America is appalled at Trump’s abject failure at being comforter-in-chief, except for MAGA evangelicals who experience a spiritual orgasm whenever their orange Messiah rails against their common enemies: migrants, Muslims, Democrats, people of color and the LGBT community.

When evangelicals die and wake up in hell, they will have Trump as their comforter-in-chief for eternity.