I think we rocketed right past "Trump's Katrina" about a week ago...this is a whole new animal.

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15. Many valid problems, Not Ruth. But irrelevant to the point I was making.

Really bad people have gotten control of the Republican Party. They are devoid of altruism, proudly, and despise the America we believe in, that we are proud of and have good reason to be grateful for.

Texas is important to the Kochs themselves specifically because theirs is an energy fortune and Texas is an oil state, including ports. And, of course, as I said, its governor is effectively one of their agents and his pursuit of power is being nurtured.

But Puerto Rico? What's in it for them whether PR stays or goes? They've made a religion of eliminating almost all taxes, very much including those that would pay to rebuild PR, and the Virgin Islands. Their only reason I can see for keeping PR in the U.S. would be if they wanted to invest there and wanted to be able to reach into our taxpayer kitty to pay for their investments.

Yet they have not been investing there, and Rump's tweets are, as always, at least somewhat revealing of what his handlers are feeding him and/or how his emotional reactions are being shaped by those whispering in his ears, etc. Right now, they're saying PR doesn't deserve to be helped, was already broken down and would be far too expensive to rebuild, and we're already more than generous to these lazy Hispanics way, way out there in the ocean who aren't even really real Americans.

You know, all these guys operate internationally. They have Geneva, London, Hong Kong, Paris, Miami and people eager to schmooze and fawn over them everywhere. What's PR to them except a diversion of taxpayer money they plan to flow to their pockets?