Did he at least remember to post a United Way update in between the two?
Christ Almighty we DO NOT need for our story to be about Trump and Yulin.
But alas we’ve got plenty of homegrown fakenews vectors in Puerto Rico and as they recover the commnications they have begun doing their thing.
One thing for sure: The situation in PR is NOT “genocidal”. I SPENT 10 DAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. It is a disaster, it is dire, the people are in pain and there has been slow and haphazard response but it is not “genocidal”. Let’s get a sense of proportion.
Proportion? When there is a chance to condemn Trump? You must be kidding.
Much as I enjoy mocking Trump and the Trump-related, I think it’s pretty likely he meant “the most logistically challenging natural disaster recovery event”. A minor misspeaking at worst.
All this. Most higher management folks would be fired for all the shit our dumbass “president” pulls. He is a piece of shit of the highest order. Money cannot buy class. And his deplorables lap it up (right, Okra?).
Holmwood: So, in order to be certain that the vampire is dead, I have to drive the stake directly through the heart? Nothing weird happens when you become a vampire, right? The heart doesn’t move elsewhere in the torso, does it?
Van Helsing: No, his heart’s in the right place.
Snopes has weighed in. Apparently, the account is real but disagrees with his church’s own press release.
That general might know a thing or two - the good things and the bad and the lessons learned… But at this point, I’ll believe Satan himself before I believe anything from Trump.
But that was different == white supremacists, Klan and Nazis. No free speech for anyone else.
And THOSE are the sort of people I’m supposed to be nice to???
It was fake.
It won’t be. Dammit.
No one is claiming that the US government and FEMA is doing nothing. Its just that the response is anemic compared to recent disaster relief response on the mainland.
Yes, they sent 10,000 troops. In contrast, there were 31,000 in Houston after Harvey and 40,000 in Florida after Irma.
They are treating Puerto Rico like a foreign country. The philosophy seemed to be to drop off a bunch of relief supplies at their doorstep and let the locals take it from there. The “plan” seemed to be to trust any local that could get their hands on a truck with fair distribution. That plan was stupid and deserved to be called out.
I’m still awaiting , with an odd mix of anticipation and dread, for the moment when Trump realizes that Puerto Ricans can leave their devastated island and come to the US to live and work whenever they want. And he wont be able to stop them, no more than he could stop me from moving to Kansas. Maybe they’ll just all come here. And vote.
One wonders what sort of Potemkin relief operation 45* is likely to be shown while he’s there. I find it hard to believe that any staffer who wants to keep his job is going to let him see anything but good news stories he can boast about.
It needs to be emphasized that “his Church” is the Scientologists. They have a reputation for
a.) going into disaster areas to plug their own Church
b.) getting into confrontations with the media.
They are the Donald Trump of organized religions, only nastier.
Lest you think I’m dumping on religious folk who are doing their all to respnd to emergency situations:
They were at Ground Zero right after the Sept 11 attacks:
Apparently they didn’t even want him to go for fear of triggering another one of his tantrums.
Trump went to Puerto Rico to tell them that they’re damaging his budget by needing money for recovery.
I saw that. Also some bullshit implying that the lazy Ricans still aren’t doing enough to help themselves. And how great his leadership has been.
I just… I can’t even…
What a piece of shit he is. There is nothing good in him at ALL.
It feels like Trump has observed humans, but can’t quite capture any human qualities. It’s like our country is being run by Beldar Conehead, but without the intelligence.