I’m keeping this as neutral as possible. The BBC’s headline is the thread title. I think the BBC struck a balanced tone. The article is by no means, a ringing endorsement of our new President. It does point out the administration’s earlier problems and miscues.
But, fair is fair. People were in desperate straits and the system worked. The rescue & initial recovery efforts have gone pretty well. A lot of volunteers made a big difference.
Trump’s second trip to Houston went well. He appeared concerned and engaged with the survivors. I guess he took a cue from Pence’s trip a couple days ago. Regardless of motive, both men’s trips provided a much needed morale boost.
The next big test is getting the funding for Aid passed. It’ll be several years before we know if Houston can be the city it once was.
The victims will need a lot of support. I sincerely hope FEMA and the administration continue functioning as expected.
So it turns out that appointing people who know and care about their job is a good idea. Who knew?
So now we’ve just got to get rid of Trump’s heads of EPA, DoE, FCC, and the Justice Department. Oh, and keep him from appointing a climate change denier and non-scientist to the head of NASA.
Yep, as many have already pointed out, this administration has been such an unmitigated disaster that anything slightly resembling competence will be looked at as a massive win.
Mr. Trump, after a bit of struggle, was able to show a bit of statesmanlike behavior that any reasonably empathetic person could have done with hardly a thought. Two cheers for him.
I heard someone talking on the radio the other day who’s part of the rescue efforts and they said that Katrina, Sandy and all the other disasters since 2005 have really been helpful in providing all of the organizations more info on ways to improve.
So I dunno if I would attribute improvement to Trump or his administration (or Obama and his) but maybe be glad that they didn’t decimate FEMA or abolish the National Guard or something.
So, yeah, he’s certainly managing the hell out of this crisis; at least the part that involves signing a bunch of papers that other people put in front of him.*
*Yeah, yeah, a lot of management for every President involves signing a bunch of papers and taking credit for it.
Exactly. This is how Wikipedia describes Brock Long’s career prior to running FEMA.
In short, he had extensive background in emergency management. Long was confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 95 to 4.
Meanwhile, Scott Pruitt, head of the EPA, was attorney general of Oklahoma. He dissolved a separate unit of his department that was responsible for environmental protection, fought the federal EPA and took contributions from the energy industry. And he rejects the mainstream view of climate change. He was confirmed by a vote of 52 to 46.