Donald Trump Refuses to Send More Aid to Puerto Rico, Citing Business Interests
Source: Newsweek
Newsweek 11 hours ago
President Donald Trump has made it clear his administration isn't planning to allow any additional outside aid to get into Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
Speaking with reporters on Wednesday afternoon, the president cited business interests as the reason for refusing calls from lawmakers and activists to allow international organizations and governments to ship aid to the island.
Trump said he was initially considering whether to implement a temporary waiver of the Jones Act to allow it, but decided against doing so as "a lot of people that work in the shipping industry
dont want the Jones Act lifted."
Also called the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, the Jones Act requires all goods shipped between American ports to be on ships built, owned and operated in the United States..........................
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-refuses-send-more-195456324.html
Matt Pearce?Verified account @mattdpearce
Trump administration denies Puerto Rico's request to waive the Jones Act, which it did for Harvey and Irma. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-maria-puertorico-shipping/u-s-denies-request-for-puerto-rico-shipping-waiver-idUSKCN1C12UI
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TeamPooka
(24,221 posts)fierywoman
(7,683 posts)Deb
(3,742 posts)The Jones Act is an outdated crock of greed being used as cover for POTUS incompetence. Cruel Republicans again ignore the dire needs of our fellow Americans.
GetRidOfThem
(869 posts)The key of the Jones act is the route to Hawaii, which I am told is only has one (American) carrier or shipping line serving it. And this is the most profitable route in the entire shipping world, or so I am told by my friends in the port authorities in the Caribbean.
msongs
(67,394 posts)Bradical79
(4,490 posts)We could already write a volume on his crimes, and anti-American actions and opinions he should be impeached over.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)here he's stating publicly that he feels serving business is more important than rescuing Americans in trouble.
pansypoo53219
(20,969 posts)or is it goldie?
randr
(12,409 posts)This we all should have seen coming
The problem isn't so much that no one saw this coming, it's that a very powerful segment of our country support this.
JustAnotherGen
(31,810 posts)To get the supplies there to the people who need help.
Journalist who was in the Convention Center in the past few days was on Maddow last night and stated it was just a bunch of people walking around, shaking hands, etc etc
Having watched the Mayor of San Juan on Tuesday night?
She needs to pull a group of people together, and take over the relief effort distribution.
Fed Gov can send a million ships there but if they can't figure it how to offload the containers, fuel trucks, and assign drivers - hand it off to someone who is competent - like that wonderful woman in San Juan.
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)While more aid IS needed, there's aid there already to help hundreds of thousands. CBS news did a report and showed the offloaded containers all just sitting there with a single semi driving around. Problem is without communication, they can't find the drivers. They're all over with the same problems as the people who need aid.
JustAnotherGen
(31,810 posts)Caught it on Rachel Maddow last night - the aid is absolutely there. If the 'aid' workers - let's say there are a thousand.
Fuel trucks
900 go clear the roads - north, south, central
The other one start unloading at the dock.
The next big issue? The roads aren't cleared. *smdh*
trusty elf
(7,385 posts)yorkie77
(87 posts)This shows he clearly lacks compassion.
Girard442
(6,070 posts)There may be two or three people out there who still haven't got the message.
keithbvadu2
(36,767 posts)Congress and Trump do not want PR to become a state but certainly consider it American for their own agenda.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)because "Wall Street."
I hope they're happy.
groundloop
(11,518 posts)I'm not really shocked that 45* is pulling this shit, but I am shocked that he came right out and admitted that he's putting the interests of the shipping industry above the lives of our neighbors in Puerto Rico. Just wait, later today there'll be a statement from someone in the White House "clarifying" this (i.e. attempting to put positive spin on 45*s statement).
brush
(53,764 posts)the interests of all Americans, when she really means he has to look out for the interests of rich, white Americans in the shipping industry.
Anyone who stays in this administration after this has no soul and I hope they all go down ignominiously in the Mueller investigation.
moonseller66
(430 posts)Ive debated posting this as it will surely hurt the feelings of the Blue Dog Lets not stoop to their level - DUers here. However, in light of the actions of the idiot in charge of AmeriKKKa I feel its apropos.
Feel free to ignore, blast, criticize or censor it as its rather long and sure to offend those think they are above this type of snark.
This is from the old Bulletin Boards of the late 80s. Author unknown.
Seems pertinent to our current so-called pr*sident. At least to me.
As I said, this is from the late 80s but appears to have been written in a quantum manner specifically for this pr*sident.
The only thing missing is a reference to small hands.
Oh, and as far as I know, its public domain so feel free to copy and use it to brighten the day of others you feel might need to read it.
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Have a Great Day, Loser
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Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)He was a Brainiac 5 and model citizen compared to the orange shitstain that sits in the Office today. (Godwin's Law dates back to 1990, at the earliest.)
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)340,000 men were evacuated from Dunkirk under enemy fire. I doubt that even Trump, although I may be wrong, would fire on American citizens. Foreign ships would not have to dock, so they could debark the people in American ports.
moonseller66
(430 posts)Where's the National Guard?
Is it helping ICE instead?