Yay! She wore heels!
Yay! She wore heels!
A matter of “damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”
There was no possible way for Donald J. Trump to “thread the needle” and respond with the “proper amount” of empathy, as either coming too soon would mean he would be diverting resources from the very high priority search and rescue effort, or coming too late and indicating to some highly sensitive souls that he was much too indifferent to the real needs of the affected people.
Does anyone think that now would not be the time to be talking of tax cuts, since the need for government funds is so demanding? On the contrary, this is the EXACTLY right time for a massive tax cut and a reordering of our tax policy, to steer much more money into the hands of the people who may most effectively assist in the recovery and rebuilding of the affected area.
Houston, especially, is in a position to rapidly revive and restore the local economy, as it is the major banking and industrial center in the region, and would most efficiently allocate the funds necessary for recovery and rebirth.
One thing most imperative, any locality where housing was more than, say, 75% uninhabitable, would be declared a “flood mitigation area” and rebuilding not permitted. Owners of the land rights would be offered either a cash settlement for the land, or make a land exchange for a building lot in an area NOT subject to catastrophic flooding, and rebuild there. This would have to be a local assessment, not one directed from higher level of government. And also free of influence to rule inappropriately, as has happened in the past.
If Trump doesn’t go, they trash him. If he delays his visit “too much,” they trash him. If he goes, they trash him. If he breathes, they trash him.
F*ck the media.