Trump made the Puerto Rican crisis about himself

[BainsBane]

because he literally cares about nothing and no one else. The mayor of San Juan didn't attack him. She made a plea for help. And he attacks her because she didn't kiss his ass.

It's clear to me that some other Puerto Rican officials are complimenting Trump because they believe that is the only way they can get help for the island. They know he's a narcissist who demands constant adoration,
just like the pettiest-minded, mass murdering dictators of the world. He has the exact same personality traits as the the world's worst, most brutal dictators.

Trump is one of the worst human beings to walk the earth, let alone be president.

Also his comments that Puerto Rico can't handle the crisis by themselves show he doesn't even see them as Americans. Florida couldn't handle the crisis by themselves; nor could Texas. No state or territory of the US can. The US acquired Puerto Rico through imperialism. An empire has responsibility for the territories it conquers and rules.

Donald Trump doesn't care about brown people. More than that, he hates them.

I hate Donald Trump.

[sheshe2]

1. This, exactly.

I hate him and the entire GOP that are enabling him.

[wryter2000]

2. Amen

Let him make it about himself. That way the stench of death of innocent Puerto Ricans will always be with him.

[Different Drummer]

3. No surprise. He is unspeakably self-centered. n/t

[Madam45for2923]

4. Let's remember that he availed himself of 9/11 funds meant for smaller business affected by 9/11

Plus in Florida after a hurricane he also availed himself of relief funds for non-existent damage to Mar-A-Lago.

Also there is the 1 billion in taxes he did not have to pay for 20 years.

[BainsBane]

6. Once a grifter, always a grifter

[Madam45for2923]

7. And now he wants to loot our money. So now a looter too.

[Tom Rinaldo]

5. "complimenting Trump because they believe that is the only way they can get help for the island."

I had that thought too. Trump is loathsome. Thanks for putting it into words.

[BainsBane]

14. This excerpt from the Washington Post touches on that same point.

Trump’s top disaster-response aides have blanketed television in recent days in an attempt to reset the narrative. Duke, the acting DHS secretary, told reporters Thursday outside the White House that Puerto Rico was a “good news story.” The comment seemed to unleash pent-up fury from at least one local official, after days of offering praise to the Trump administration in an apparent effort to secure more federal help.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lost-weekend-how-trumps-time-at-his-golf-club-hurt-the-response-to-maria/2017/09/29/ce92ed0a-a522-11e7-8c37-e1d99ad6aa22_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.15812d514f9b

It's shameful we have a President so weak that he requires constant adulation just to do his job.

[Hortensis]

8. Well, if he didn't obviously we would have.

Hope the people of PR appreciate our outrage. Hopefully it's just as nutritious cold as it would be warmed up.

[riversedge]

9. so true.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

10. K&R nt

[Little Star]

11. He's a despicable piece of shit......

I can't stand his ugly face. He makes me want to puke.

[NastyRiffraff]

12. Sometimes I wish there WERE a Hell

You know, the mythic one with fire and brimstone, so I could wish Trump would rot in it.

[BainsBane]

13. I don't know if a hell-like state exists

but I wish it on him anyway.

[pnwmom]

15. The narcissist is the only real thing in his world, so EVERYTHING is ALWAYS about himself

and the only thing that matters is how good anything makes him look.

[BainsBane]

28. That's Trump

To a T.

[pnwmom]

29. I've had a couple narcissists in my life, so I understand them on a gut level.

But DT surpasses anything I could have imagined -- he's a caricature of a narcissist, a cartoon. If he were in a novel it would have to be a satire because no one would take a character like this seriously.

[wendyb]

16. hate

Hate him. Every. Day. He WTF's us. It's just astonishing that he is still in office, that anyone can look at him and say, '"Mr. President"

[pnwmom]

30. So do we all, wendyb.

Welcome to DU!

[Squinch]

17. He also, as usual, made it about the "nastiness"of a woman who dared to speak the truth.

I hate him too. I feel rage at him right now.

[WiffenPoof]

22. That is an excellent point...

He can't stand strong independent women.

[Fritz Walter]

18. Karma, do your thing!

If anyone in the history of this world is deserving of a karmic smack-down, it’s this Santorum!
In fact, the Mangled Apricot Hellbeast has out-Santorumed Santorum. If such a thing is lexiconically possible.

[BainsBane]

19. His thing is killing people

and Trump has far more power and responsibility than Santorum. You may disagree with Santorum, but Trump is killing people.

[alp227]

20. Conservatives are about kissing ass

Ever wonder what's behind the excessive use of "snowflake" and "fake news", as well as their unwavering support of right to work for less laws and screwing over union's? To them, kissing up is a strength.

[Initech]

21. Yup and I've been saying if you're on their shit list, you're on it forever.

So Colin Kaepernick chose to protest and he didn't suck up to Fox News and the right wing hate machine, he'll never get off it. That's why things like Seth Rich and Pizzagate are still things even though they're proven to be 100% grade A bullshit.

[onecent]

23. I hate him also!!!!!

[brer cat]

24. He is beneath contempt.

I hope before he dies he knows he is the most hated person in America.

[BainsBane]

25. I hope he dies in prison. nt

[PJMcK]

26. "I hate Donald Trump."

I've hated Trump since the early 1980s. He has been a boil on the ass of New York City and the United States of America for far too long.

[guillaumeb]

27. To a normal 5 year old boy, everything IS about him.

So using that as the standard, Trump's reaction is understandable.