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Trump doesn't think he's 'ever even heard of a Category 5' hurricane. Four such storms hit the US since he took office
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/01/politics/donald-trump-category-5-hurricane-dorian/index.html
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump said Sunday that he's "not sure that (he's) ever even heard of a Category 5" hurricane, despite four such storms having threatened the US since he took office.
"We don't even know what's coming at us. All we know is it's possibly the biggest. I have -- I'm not sure that I've ever even heard of a Category 5. I knew it existed. And I've seen some Category 4's -- you don't even see them that much," Trump said at a briefing with officials at FEMA's headquarters in Washington, DC.
"But a Category 5 is something that -- I don't know that I've ever even heard the term other than I know it's there. That's the ultimate, and that's what we have unfortunately," he added, in reference to Hurricane Dorian.
The comments from the President came just before Dorian, a dangerous Category 5 storm, made landfall on the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas. The storm is the most recent of four Category 5 hurricanes to hit parts of the US since Trump assumed the Oval Office.
In September 2017, nearly eight months into Trump's presidency, Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane ever recorded outside the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, affected at least nine US states. That same month, Hurricane Maria devastated the US territory of Puerto Rico, leaving behind an island that is still struggling to recover.
Last October, Hurricane Michael, which was originally designated as a Category 4, barreled into the Florida Panhandle as the third Category 5 hurricane to blast the US since Trump became president.
Not the first time Trump said he's never heard of a Category 5
Trump has previously indicated several other times that Category 5 hurricanes are unprecedented weather events that either he or others had never heard of or witnessed.
In the days between the landfalls of Hurricane Irma and Maria, he said he "never even knew" they existed and said days later that "people (in Puerto Rico) had never seen anything like" the storm.
In October 2017, Trump claimed "nobody has ever heard of a (Category) 5 hitting land," and earlier this year, he again said he had never heard of a hurricane of that intensity.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Ilsa
(61,698 posts)He doesn't know, so he just makes stuff up.
Stuart G
(38,445 posts)These are major events happening in our country. These storms kill people, and destroy people's homes and their lives. Trump saying he hasn't heard of them, (even though he was there for some of these storms) proves beyond doubt that he does not have the memory or intelligence to do his job. Also, and perhaps more important, it is out there for all to see. There is proof that he said this before, and does not remember saying so. Or thinking about the intensity of previous storms at category 5. Here is the proof that needs to be seen by all. And it is proof about dangerous situations that our country faces. Trump does not remember them. And this is during the time he was President of the United States and acted during these events. And it isn't "fake news." The record is there to prove that Trump said this or that, and when he said it. This CNN article proves that. And I am sure CNN can back up this story with proof. (otherwise they would not publish it)
Sometimes i feel numb about it all.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)(pardon the language, I'm in Brevard county, FL)
mother fucking very THIS!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)take note.
Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)Stuart G
(38,445 posts)There is the proof. Kingofalldems found a previous post that Gothmog posted. That post is titled....Tweets: Hit the link in POST 5...see the proof.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Just sneak up behind him with the white jacket that zips in the back, and haul him away. Throw in a ball gag for good measure. He's a straight out loon.
Joe941
(2,848 posts)He is a BSer. He talks and wants people to be amazed at what he says so he exaggerates and says whatever - he admits as much in his book. He is a con man and just likes hearing himself talk.
Chemisse
(30,817 posts)Pure bullshit.
Joe941
(2,848 posts)Response to Stuart G (Original post)
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icymist
(15,888 posts)He wants to rake in Billions of dollars for the 'damage' done to Mar-a-Largo from the biggest storm since the history of all of humanity! The man makes me want to puke!
Stargazer09
(2,132 posts)But that idiot butchers the language every time he opens his mouth.
I long for the day when we once again have a president who isnt deranged
Sucha NastyWoman
(2,754 posts)And expecting him t make sense/ tell the truth