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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouston Shrugs As Trump Comes a Second Time
As President Donald Trump arrives in Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the city has reacted with a mix of optimism and indifference.
STEPHEN PAULSEN
09.02.17 10:39 AM ET
Donald Trump is arriving in Houston. Its his second visit to a region still reeling from flooding and devastation, after a two-hour stop in Corpus Christi Tuesday. On Friday, Trump asked Congress for $7.9 billion in Harvey relief funds.
Pundits and Twitterzens have criticized Trump for what some characterize as a lackluster and self-aggrandizing response, as well as for taking a number of controversial positions during the crisis. He tweeted about tax cuts and dying magazines. He pardoned former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and is (possibly) rescinding DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Houstonians werent focused on Trump Friday, as people restocked on groceries, tended to flooded homes and businesses or went out to eat for the first time in days.
Around lunchtime, a Chick-fil-A off the Gulfway Freeway was packed. Guillermo Nieves, 23, waited in line with his wife, Yadira, and his young daughter, Milagro. We did pretty good, Nieves said of Harvey. His family spent the weekend working as EMTs at the George R. Brown Convention Center, he said, which functioned as an emergency shelter during the storm.
Asked if Trumps visit would help the city recover, Nieves smile dropped. Personally, I dont like Trump, he said. So, not so much. Nieves saw the trip as more self-promotional than helpful. He said he wished Trump would look out for flood victims instead of waving flags.
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Houston Shrugs As Trump Comes a Second Time (Original Post)
DonViejo
Sep 2017
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TexasBushwhacker
(20,043 posts)1. Trump had a closed door meeting with the Houston mayor
and got the hell out of Dodge. He know's Houston went for Clinton.
tanyev
(42,359 posts)2. That's what she said.