Puerto Rico is Trump’s Katrina. HECKUVA JOB, TRUMPY.
A disaster that almost matches 9/11 in severity, with most deaths the result of utter and total incompetence on the part of the Trump administration, after Trump has decimated the relief agencies, literally transferred TEN MILLION DOLLARS from FEMA disaster relief and recovery and THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS from the Coast Guard to build baby jails, decimated the EPA that used to help guard against climate catastrophes, and thinks he was a big hero in Puerto Rico.
The island of Puerto Rico remains in tatters a year after Trump had nothing but paper towels to bring to the people there (hundreds of thousands of whom have now relocated to FLORIDA where, as U.S. citizens, they are immediately eligible to vote — and they will remember).
Now Trump is bragging that this horrendous failure is actually a great “unsung” success and he is going to do the same in South Carolina, which means when he lets them get destroyed, they, too, will remember, and turn a red state blue.
Those along the Gulf Coast or in Tornado Alley of the Midwest better pay attention — when you have YOUR hurricanes and tornadoes, if Trump is still in power and not kept in check by adults, the same thing will happen to you.
The day that Trump has to vacate the white house, due to his incompetence, not to mention 6,359 other atrocities, we can all shout, “Thanks Folks! We did an A+ job!”!
I am a retired RN Licence # 259063. That’s forty years of dealing with LOT’S of dementia and total liars. By now I can spot the difference like a hawk. Healthy people - even healthy total liars – do not talk the way Trump did today —or for the past two years. If you do an MRI on his brain, bet your sweet bippy that you will find a lesion in the damn woodpile somewhere.
The GOP Toadies, Sycophants, leeches and parasites living off Trump’s condition would have you believe that they are protecting America and we are all safe. Now THOSE aren’t demented at all. Those are your plain old garden variety crooked damn liars. No different than the crooks who lock granny in the back room, feed her baloney and oatmeal, and spend her SSI check.
And, he had to be SHAMED into sending a State of the Art U.S.Navy Hospital ship to the island AFTER the ship was set to deploy, then was ordered NOT TO by the Administration!9/22/2017: But the naval effort will continue to grow anyway. In addition to the Wasp joining the mission, the USNS Comfort, a hospital ship, is expected to deploy Friday from Norfolk, and arrive off the coast of Puerto Rico early next week. The ship began preparing to deploy last week, but U.S. officials decided last weekend AGAINST sending it, said Thomas LaCrosse, the Pentagon’s director of defense support to civil authorities.
However, on Tuesday, Federal Emergency Management Agency Director William “Brock” Long announced at the White House that the Comfort would be deploying after all. That decision came amid growing criticism that it should already have been at sea heading toward the island.
Our “president” has accomplished the impossible: He’s made us all struggle with deciding between the questions, “Is he really that stupid,” vs, “Is he a pathological liar.” Yes, he is. Both.
Just a forsaken island.. stop trying to embarrass the trump and his cohorts. trump had no investments there.. probably never even knew it existed till someone mentioned it… so stop blaming the guy.
3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000…
5:37 AM – Sep 13, 2018
…..This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!
With Hurricane Florence set to pummel the East Coast, President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to brag about his administration’s widely criticized response to last year’s Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico. Trump’s comments drew outrage, with critics pointing that Maria led to the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. But Trump hasn’t been able to let the matter go. On Thursday, Trump insisted in a pair of tweets that the official death toll was concocted by “Democrats” as part of a conspiracy to “make me look as bad as possible.”In fact, the Puerto Rico numbers were collected over months by researchers at George Washington University’s school of public health, at the request of the territory’s governor. As the New York Times explained in August: " At issue has been how to assess the severity of a storm whose devastating impact on fundamental needs—water, electricity, communications and medical care—seemed to rival or exceed that of the deadliest recent storms to hit the United States, but whose official fatality count until now was far less severe. By comparison, Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, is thought to have killed anywhere from 1,000 to more than 1,800 people. The government’s latest revision brings to a close a year of debate and scientific scrutiny over fatality estimates that had seemed to vary widely—in some cases by thousands. Gov. Ricardo Rosselló faced constant political challenges over the disparity between the official death toll, released within weeks of the disaster, and what was apparent to most scientific researchers and reporters who investigated deaths. The inability to provide a reliable death count seemed, to many critics, to echo the dysfunction apparent in the island’s lack of preparation or any swift, effective response from the local and federal governments."
The report came nearly a year after a much-maligned visit to Puerto Rico by Trump two weeks after Maria, where he implied that residents should be “proud” that the official death toll at the time was just 16 people, far lower than that of a “real catastrophe, like Katrina.” That statement ignored the difficulty of counting deaths after the hurricane decimated the island’s infrastructure. In fact, by the time Trump got on his plane to return to Washington, that official death toll had already doubled.
Well, according to DT’s tweet today, " 3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000…"
The democrats made that up – you know, it wasn’t like the experts at George Washington University put it together. Let’s not forget that Harvard has the death toll closer to 4,000.
Daeder over 5 years ago
If the death toll had gone above 3,000, would that constitute an A++? /s
Dtroutma over 5 years ago
Mr. Disgusting does it again.
DD Wiz Premium Member over 5 years ago
Puerto Rico is Trump’s Katrina. HECKUVA JOB, TRUMPY.
A disaster that almost matches 9/11 in severity, with most deaths the result of utter and total incompetence on the part of the Trump administration, after Trump has decimated the relief agencies, literally transferred TEN MILLION DOLLARS from FEMA disaster relief and recovery and THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS from the Coast Guard to build baby jails, decimated the EPA that used to help guard against climate catastrophes, and thinks he was a big hero in Puerto Rico.
The island of Puerto Rico remains in tatters a year after Trump had nothing but paper towels to bring to the people there (hundreds of thousands of whom have now relocated to FLORIDA where, as U.S. citizens, they are immediately eligible to vote — and they will remember).
Now Trump is bragging that this horrendous failure is actually a great “unsung” success and he is going to do the same in South Carolina, which means when he lets them get destroyed, they, too, will remember, and turn a red state blue.
Those along the Gulf Coast or in Tornado Alley of the Midwest better pay attention — when you have YOUR hurricanes and tornadoes, if Trump is still in power and not kept in check by adults, the same thing will happen to you.
Skylark over 5 years ago
The day that Trump has to vacate the white house, due to his incompetence, not to mention 6,359 other atrocities, we can all shout, “Thanks Folks! We did an A+ job!”!
Retaliator03 over 5 years ago
I am a retired RN Licence # 259063. That’s forty years of dealing with LOT’S of dementia and total liars. By now I can spot the difference like a hawk. Healthy people - even healthy total liars – do not talk the way Trump did today —or for the past two years. If you do an MRI on his brain, bet your sweet bippy that you will find a lesion in the damn woodpile somewhere.
The GOP Toadies, Sycophants, leeches and parasites living off Trump’s condition would have you believe that they are protecting America and we are all safe. Now THOSE aren’t demented at all. Those are your plain old garden variety crooked damn liars. No different than the crooks who lock granny in the back room, feed her baloney and oatmeal, and spend her SSI check.
Ontman over 5 years ago
Lying about it was bad enough but he has to double down on it. Stable? I think not.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 5 years ago
He is so happy that there are 2900 less MS-13. To him every Hispanic is MS-13.
Masterskrain Premium Member over 5 years ago
And, he had to be SHAMED into sending a State of the Art U.S.Navy Hospital ship to the island AFTER the ship was set to deploy, then was ordered NOT TO by the Administration!9/22/2017: But the naval effort will continue to grow anyway. In addition to the Wasp joining the mission, the USNS Comfort, a hospital ship, is expected to deploy Friday from Norfolk, and arrive off the coast of Puerto Rico early next week. The ship began preparing to deploy last week, but U.S. officials decided last weekend AGAINST sending it, said Thomas LaCrosse, the Pentagon’s director of defense support to civil authorities.
However, on Tuesday, Federal Emergency Management Agency Director William “Brock” Long announced at the White House that the Comfort would be deploying after all. That decision came amid growing criticism that it should already have been at sea heading toward the island.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 5 years ago
Our “president” has accomplished the impossible: He’s made us all struggle with deciding between the questions, “Is he really that stupid,” vs, “Is he a pathological liar.” Yes, he is. Both.
trimguy over 5 years ago
His lemmings still love him
Kip W over 5 years ago
Three thousand dead Americans, and he calls it a success?
I guess it all depends upon what your goals are.
Alberta Oil Premium Member over 5 years ago
Just a forsaken island.. stop trying to embarrass the trump and his cohorts. trump had no investments there.. probably never even knew it existed till someone mentioned it… so stop blaming the guy.
Radish the wordsmith over 5 years ago
Trump Tweets
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3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000…
5:37 AM – Sep 13, 2018
…..This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!
5:49 AM – Sep 13, 2018
Masterskrain Premium Member over 5 years ago
With Hurricane Florence set to pummel the East Coast, President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to brag about his administration’s widely criticized response to last year’s Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico. Trump’s comments drew outrage, with critics pointing that Maria led to the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. But Trump hasn’t been able to let the matter go. On Thursday, Trump insisted in a pair of tweets that the official death toll was concocted by “Democrats” as part of a conspiracy to “make me look as bad as possible.”In fact, the Puerto Rico numbers were collected over months by researchers at George Washington University’s school of public health, at the request of the territory’s governor. As the New York Times explained in August: " At issue has been how to assess the severity of a storm whose devastating impact on fundamental needs—water, electricity, communications and medical care—seemed to rival or exceed that of the deadliest recent storms to hit the United States, but whose official fatality count until now was far less severe. By comparison, Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, is thought to have killed anywhere from 1,000 to more than 1,800 people. The government’s latest revision brings to a close a year of debate and scientific scrutiny over fatality estimates that had seemed to vary widely—in some cases by thousands. Gov. Ricardo Rosselló faced constant political challenges over the disparity between the official death toll, released within weeks of the disaster, and what was apparent to most scientific researchers and reporters who investigated deaths. The inability to provide a reliable death count seemed, to many critics, to echo the dysfunction apparent in the island’s lack of preparation or any swift, effective response from the local and federal governments."
Masterskrain Premium Member over 5 years ago
The report came nearly a year after a much-maligned visit to Puerto Rico by Trump two weeks after Maria, where he implied that residents should be “proud” that the official death toll at the time was just 16 people, far lower than that of a “real catastrophe, like Katrina.” That statement ignored the difficulty of counting deaths after the hurricane decimated the island’s infrastructure. In fact, by the time Trump got on his plane to return to Washington, that official death toll had already doubled.
buckyteeth over 5 years ago
Well, according to DT’s tweet today, " 3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000…"
The democrats made that up – you know, it wasn’t like the experts at George Washington University put it together. Let’s not forget that Harvard has the death toll closer to 4,000.
phredturner over 5 years ago
He dont give a shit about no porto ricans