Trump to visit hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JONATHAN EASLEY - 09/21/17 11:22 AM EDT

President Trump said Thursday he’d visit the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has been devastated by Hurricane Maria.

Seated next to Ukranian President Poroshenko on his final day of meetings at the United Nations, Trump did not say when he might go to Puerto Rico, but spoke solemnly about the destruction to an island he said had been “absolutely obliterated.”

“Got hit with winds they say, they’ve never seen winds like this anywhere,” Trump said. “Got hit as a 5, category 5 storm, which literally never happens.”

Maria actually hit the U.S. Virgin Islands as a Category 5 storm and then reduced to a Category 4 storm when it hit Puerto Rico, knocking out the entire island's power grid and causing extensive damage to property and infrastructure. The president said that Puerto Rico’s electrical grid had been “totally destroyed” and “wasn’t in good shape to start off with.”



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/351730-trump-to-visit-hurricane-ravaged-puerto-rico

[samnsara]

1. how is he gonna land there?

[no_hypocrisy]

3. My first thought as well.

Puerto Rico is destroyed to where American tourists can't leave the island.

[Eyeball_Kid]

5. It's easy. Trumpy has covfefe!

[Eyeball_Kid]

2. Trumpy will tell the homeless to have a good time.

[LonePirate]

4. Haven't they suffered enough without him showing up for a photo op?

[Vinca]

6. He sure knows how to milk a disaster for a photo op.

[global1]

7. He'll Bring Electricity To PR With His Electric Personality....nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. Category 5 storms literally never happen?

He's beyond ignorant.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. And Hurricane season isn't even over yet....

How many more storms will be Cat 4 or stronger before Nov. 30th? Only Climate Change knows for sure.

[secondwind]

10. He'll do anything to escape doing real work...

[More_Cowbell]

11. Haven't these people suffered enough?

And what's with Trump's obsession about the "biggest" everything? Is he trying to justify, ahead of time, his administration's lack of preparedness and/or its ineffectiveness in future disasters, by saying no one could have predicted them?

He's a maniac.

[GeorgeGist]

12. I don't think absolutely obliterated means ...

what Tweeto thinks it means.

[SharonClark]

13. My first reaction as well.

[Glimmer of Hope]

14. Deep thoughts.

[louis-t]

15. Maybe they'll leave him there.

Sure he'll visit. In a few years when the power is restored. Meanwhile "I like people who have electricity." drumpf.

[BlueStater]

16. Someone really needs to educate Fuckface as to the meaning of the word "literally".

[Skittles]

17. haven't they suffered enough?

WTF