Trump's failed Puerto Rico response foreshadowed the coronavirus crisis
By Dan Desai Martin -April 7, 2020 12:41 PM
Trump's crisis playbook — blaming local officials, casting himself as the victim, and praising his own response — hasn't changed since 2017.
For months, Donald Trump has been criticized for his response to the coronavirus pandemic and for refusing to accept the reality of the situation even amid dire warnings from experts.
But Trump has been here before: His response to a series of crises in Puerto Rico years ago now seems like a mirror image of his botched approach to the raging pandemic.
Contradicting experts
Hurricane Irma passed just north of Puerto Rico on Sept. 6, 2017. Though it did not hit the island head-on, Irma caused massive damage, knocking out power for more than a million people and resulting in at least four fatalities.
Two weeks later, Hurricane Maria made landfall on the already stricken island, killing thousands.
https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-crisis-playbook/
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I'd rate it a 10," Trump said about his administration's response. "I think we've done a great job."
Again, on March 29, Trump told reporters that if less than 200,000 people died during the coronavirus pandemic, “we all together have done a very good job."
As of April 6, there were at least 357,036 confirmed coronavirus cases nationwide.
At least 10,522 people have died.
Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.
You have BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS asshole.....................in short order the deaths will surpass the H1NI Flue...............yep your number one....................
You should be in fucking jail...........................
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