This one turned out to not be true ( on a phone so can't link).Trump administration forcing Puerto Rico evacuees to pay for airfare: report
Bastards, utter bastards
That's about the only one that wasn't true though. Trump's delay in suspending the Jones Act to allow non US vessels to bring relief supplies to the island was true (and even before that, this legislation designed to "protect" us shipping by giving them a virtual monopoly over some areas, resulting in eye-watering costs for everything imported into Puerto Rico.) It's one law that's way past its sell by date.
It just voted to become 51st state
But . . . it's still up to the government to "allow" it to become a state, and in the current political climate, I can't see that happening. They were stuffed before the storm, more stuffed now.
I've never been one for armchair diagnosis, but it's hard to ignore features of his behaviour that reflect Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Being unable to sympathise or show genuine compassion for other people, Trump either has to be told what to say by an adviser, of if off the lead, sometimes tries to imitate what he thinks people do and say in certain situations. And, he screws up most of the time, leaving his team and supporters struggling for ever more preposterous excuses for why he does and says shit.
Like gettting to Carnegie Hall. Lots of practice.
Also because he doesn't know how to talk to normal human beings normally. Most people know how to carry off empty platitudes but he basically has to autocue them as after this weekend's events even he realises that he will probably say utterly inappropriate shit if he deviates from a script written by people who have at least a vague understanding of humans.
Paper towels????????????Trump's visit to Puerto Rico today - Christ.
Full transcript here:
Read a transcript of Trump’s Puerto Rico remarks - The Boston Globe
Highlights include -
Saying Puerto Ricans should be proud that only 16 people died - not like the real disaster of Hurricane Katrina when thousands died. (No doubt mentioned to counter claims that Maria was "his" Katrina.)
Blamed them for "throwing the budget out of whack," presumably due to the cost of emergency assistance.
Awarded himself an A+ for his administration's response to disasters in Texas and Florida, and pronounced efforts in Puerto Rico as "just as good."
Stated that local truck drivers were still not doing enough to help, no doubt referring to the lie originating in the right wing press that the Teamsters Union was forbidding them to drive for the relief effort, and of course ignoring that most of the island's roads are still badly damaged.
Barely mentioned the victims of the disaster, but managed to thank various military leaders and members of his cabinet for a "great job," sounding like he was accepting an Oscar.
Oh, and went to a church and flung paper towel rolls at the audience.
