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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums😢 for Jamaica. Maybe Trump could send Jamaica some of that $40 billion going to Argentina
And for American children losing their Snap benefits
Walleye
(45,410 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,451 posts)NCDem47
(3,523 posts)You don't have to be brainiac to figure this one out.
WmChris
(784 posts)His patented response is bombarding victums with paper towels.
muriel_volestrangler
(106,590 posts)...
As we reported last week, in addition to its assets already in the region, the U.S. Navys supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford and at least a portion of the rest of its strike group have been ordered to Latin American waters. Strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats have now become routine, and the possibility that the campaign could extend to targets on land, particularly in Venezuela, continues to grow.
https://www.twz.com/sea/massive-hurricane-forces-movement-of-several-navy-ships-deployed-to-caribbean
Helicopters for transport where roads are blocked, additional medical help if needed (or transport to other Caribbean islands), engineering help in constructing emergency shelters, or fixing infrastructure - the military is good at the important things needed now. I doubt Trump will do it for a largely Black country, though.
Johonny
(26,593 posts)I assume he won't lift a fucking finger this time. He clearly doesn't care about America or Americans.
hlthe2b
(114,671 posts)The US-Jamaica relationship, like most in the region, would be hard to describe as really "good," under Trump, as (coincidentally, of course) all the countries with large black populations. Not to say, Trump et al. are racist POS, mind you... (but they ARE).
Donate to help a hurricane-ravaged nation? Hell, he's not even willing to help blue state Americans--even those living in counties that went for HIM.
Jbraybarten
(282 posts)he'll never help Jamaica.
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