Chris Hayes Names 'Canary In Coal Mine' That Foretold Trump's Callous Pandemic Response

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Donald Trump’s widely criticized handling of the relief effort after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017 was “the canary in the coal mine” foretelling how he would respond to the coronavirus pandemic, Chris Hayes said Thursday.

“Even before the pandemic, there were moments in the presidency of Trump where all of it — the self-serving incompetence, the utter lack of empathy, the disregard of human life, all of it — was laid bare,” noted the host of MSNBC’s “All In.”

Trump lashed out at the Puerto Rican people “because the disaster made him look bad” and relentlessly downplayed the death toll, Hayes pointed out.

The president has used similar tactics during the coronavirus crisis, which has killed more than 130,000 people in the United States.

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/chris-hayes-donald-trump-coronavirus-foreshadows-084019791.html

All those people died to make me look bad!!!!!! - Donald Trump

[Stuart G]

1. K and R for visibility

[Hortensis]

2. Yes. Trump went out of his way to refuse help. Neither then

nor now was it ever just incompetence or inaction. He actively worked to make sure people would be denied what was needed. He punishes those who aren't "my people" and he pulls the wings off those who are.

[Mr.Bill]

8. I'm pretty sure he was not aware

that Puerto Rico was a US territory. In fact, I bet he still can't grasp that concept.

[Hortensis]

13. I'm sure you're right. Doesn't fit his picture, and

unpleasant surprise no doubt when he learned it was inhabited by American citizens who actually had the nerve to vote against him.

[barbtries]

3. it's true.

i knew early on we were on our own. i guess that's why I haven't gone anywhere for 4 months now and no end in sight. i have my sights set on next Spring. (vulnerable - if i get this fucking virus i might very well die)

what amazes me is how many people have been excruciatingly slow to openly acknowledge this man's inability to change, let alone to lead.

[Jspur]

11. I'm in the same predicament as

you since I have asthma I hardly leave my house.

[Docreed2003]

4. K&R

[Cha]

5. trump is such a heartless soulless fucking idiot.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Born bad. Bad seed.

[smirkymonkey]

12. I honestly believe that.

His upbringing might have made things worse, but I really believe he was born damaged and sociopathic. Some people just are. Even if he had been raised by the kindest parents in the world, I still think he would have turned out to be a flaming, narcissistic asshole.

I don't feel the slightest bit sorry for him or what he went through as a child. I know people who have been through much worse and they are still 100 times more decent than Donald Trump. The man is pure evil.

[Grokenstein]

7. The whole "paper towel" bit

was him taking time out to show up and openly express his contempt for Puerto Ricans to their faces.

I'm pretty confident that he'd already been told repeatedly that they're American citizens, but will never say so out loud; not that it matters, because he'll punch down on anyone with equal contempt.

trumpkins just assumed it would always be someone else catching it.

[2naSalit]

9. K&R

[warmfeet]

10. tRump gives not one shit about anyone

but himself.

I hope we can, collectively, disabuse him of this notion.

I hope we can successfully prosecute and imprison this worthless scumbag.

I hope no one intervenes to save him from his well deserved time in a correctional facility.

I hope.

[raccoon]

14. K&r. Nt