Trump dropped into Iowa -- and didn't even try to understand the devastation

[turbinetree]

Published 1 hour ago on August 19, 2020
By Salon



Amid the rubble of uprooted trees and fallen power lines, my teenage son set up his climate strike protest last Friday for the 79th consecutive week, holding up a wobbly handmade sign: “Wake up, Iowa. Climate action plan now.”

We were still without electricity or internet on Friday morning, four days into riding out the aftermath of the hurricane-level “derecho” storm that devastated a 770-mile swath of the heartland from South Dakota to Ohio, and left a million residents without power, along with widespread damage.

It also left an estimated 40% of Iowa’s corn crop in ruins, flattening millions of acres and the state’s key economic generator in a matter of minutes.

We were the lucky ones. In his 30-minute briefing at an Iowa airport on Tuesday, President Trump didn’t bother to tour the storm damage in Cedar Rapids, where tens of thousands of residents have remained without power, water and shelter, camping in tents along the streets as extreme weather refugees in an undeniable humanitarian crisis.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/trump-dropped-into-iowa-and-didnt-even-try-to-understand-the-devastation/


Come January 21, 2021 we will help your son and his generation......................vote November 3, 2020

[bullwinkle428]

1. My GF lives in Marion, right next to Cedar Rapids, and has been without power

since last Monday. We were discussing his "appearance" yesterday, and agreed that it was like he took any one of his performances at the Covid task force press conferences, and substituted "storm" for "pandemic". It was utter self-congratulatory diarrhea of the mouth!

[turbinetree]

2. And the governor is doing what, oh I know ............I know places have no power

but be patient we are working on it.................

[bullwinkle428]

5. The Trump-loving governor is busy stopping the Democratic AG from

joining the suit against the USPS.

https://www.kcrg.com/2020/08/18/reynolds-blocks-iowa-ags-move-to-join-postal-service-suit/

[Tanuki]

3. Same in Tennessee back in early March when he paraded around in his stupid

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red campaign hat in the wake of a devastating tornado, making it all about himself and showing zero real empathy for the survivors who had lost their homes and loved ones.

Link to tweet

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[turbinetree]

4. Psychiatrists have pretty much diagnosed this malignant sociopath.............

he is just unfit and all he cares about is loyalty..................

[gratuitous]

6. Hey Iowa, how does it feel to be treated like Puerto Rico?

Did you think Trump reserved his boorish best for the islanders? It's not an aberration, this is what Trump thinks of you.

[SharonClark]

7. Hardly being treated like Puerto Rico.

He’s taking care of the farmers which is all the GOPpers care about. He did nothing for PR.