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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump finally responds to Puerto Rico crisis, saying island has 'massive debt'
Source: The Guardian
Trump finally responds to Puerto Rico crisis, saying island has 'massive debt'
Presidents belated response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria in US territory seems to blame islanders for their own misfortune
Ed Pilkington in New York
Tuesday 26 September 2017 05.15 BST
It took Donald Trump five full days to respond to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria on the lives of 3.5 million Americans in Puerto Rico, and when he finally did so his comments on Twitter were so devoid of empathy it threatened to spark a new controversy.
Hot on the heels of the billowing dispute he single-handedly provoked over African-American sporting figures protesting racial inequality during the national anthem, Trump launched another provocation on Monday night with a belated and lacklustre response to the Puerto Rican disaster. In a series of three tweets he effectively blamed the islanders all of whom are American citizens for their own misfortune.
Texas & Florida are doing great but Puerto Rico, which was already suffering from broken infrastructure & massive debt, is in deep trouble, he said, without offering any additional federal government assistance for the stricken US territory, which was hit by Hurricane Maria soon after those two states were struck by Harvey and Irma.
Trump acknowledged that much of the island was destroyed, but caustically went on to say that its electrical grid was already in terrible shape and that Puerto Rico owed billions of dollars to Wall Street and the banks which, sadly, must be dealt with.
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Presidents belated response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria in US territory seems to blame islanders for their own misfortune
Ed Pilkington in New York
Tuesday 26 September 2017 05.15 BST
It took Donald Trump five full days to respond to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria on the lives of 3.5 million Americans in Puerto Rico, and when he finally did so his comments on Twitter were so devoid of empathy it threatened to spark a new controversy.
Hot on the heels of the billowing dispute he single-handedly provoked over African-American sporting figures protesting racial inequality during the national anthem, Trump launched another provocation on Monday night with a belated and lacklustre response to the Puerto Rican disaster. In a series of three tweets he effectively blamed the islanders all of whom are American citizens for their own misfortune.
Texas & Florida are doing great but Puerto Rico, which was already suffering from broken infrastructure & massive debt, is in deep trouble, he said, without offering any additional federal government assistance for the stricken US territory, which was hit by Hurricane Maria soon after those two states were struck by Harvey and Irma.
Trump acknowledged that much of the island was destroyed, but caustically went on to say that its electrical grid was already in terrible shape and that Puerto Rico owed billions of dollars to Wall Street and the banks which, sadly, must be dealt with.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/26/trump-puerto-rico-crisis-massive-debt
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Trump finally responds to Puerto Rico crisis, saying island has 'massive debt' (Original Post)
Eugene
Sep 2017
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judesedit
(4,437 posts)1. Mr 5 bankruptcies is a sick bastard
Girard442
(6,066 posts)2. What if there's a plan to intentionally kill thousands of Puerto Ricans by starvation and disease?
LuckyCharms
(17,421 posts)3. Hmmm...massive debt...massive debt...
I wonder who else has massive debt..
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)4. drumpf is a MASSIVE Loser.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)5. This from the guy who couldn't get a loan from anyone on Wall Street
Show us your tax returns Donald. Let's see how much YOU and to whom!
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)6. I saw that on the news last night.
Baffles me how anyone thinks that guy is qualified to lead the country.
dchill
(38,462 posts)7. Synopsis: The pResident is an asshole.
Bigly. That I can tell you.
genxlib
(5,524 posts)8. I suspect
That not everyone in Florida and Houston would agree that they are "doing great".
Even so, could the same have been said about them before a massive mobilization of rescue and recovery efforts descended on both
He is such an asshole.