Does it really serve a purpose to hope for the speedy recovery of a man whose incompetence and murderous sociopathy oversaw what could arguably be considered a genocide against the poor and working classes, particularly among communities of color?

Why does it have to serve a purpose? Can it not be simple decency for the sake of decency?

Yes, I know what you’re about to say: would Trump offer to me the same decency I offer to him, were the positions reversed? I doubt very much that he would. But to with-hold any hopes and, yes, prayers, for a speedy recovery on those grounds would be to argue that his way — indecent, belligerent and transactional— is the better way.