President Donald Trump speaks at Nuss Truck and Equipment in Burnsville, Minn., Monday, April 15, 2019, during an event to tout the 2017 tax law. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press)WASHINGTON — As a catastrophic inferno tore through a cultural treasure, President Donald Trump assessed the response from 4,000 miles away and offered unsolicited advice for firefighters trying to save Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral. “Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out,” Trump tweeted from Air Force One, minutes before landing in Minnesota for a Tax Day speech. “Must act quickly!”Trump’s armchair observations were striking, even for a president who seems to offer an opinion about just about everything. “They’re having a terrible, terrible fire,” Trump said during his remarks in Minnesota, describing watching the flames on television from the presidential aircraft.

Source: Washington Post April 15, 2019 22:18 UTC