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Trump breaks with previous presidents in response to natural disasters
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^
| 8/30/17
| Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted on 08/30/2017 11:38:22 AM PDT by madprof98
Every president, going back to George H. W. Bush, has had to handle a natural disaster during his term.
For the aforementioned Bush, it was Hurricane Andrew. For his son, President George W. Bush, it was Hurricane Katrina. Bill Clinton faced the devastation of deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma, and Barack Obama experienced Superstorm Sandy.
One thing all these leaders had in common was their response to the victims from reassuring messages of hope to comforting hugs.
Focus on the victims of Hurricane Harvey, according to the Washington Post, was missing from President Donald Trumps visit to Texas on Tuesday.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hurricaneharvey; trumpfema; urinalconstipation
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To: CMAC51
We have plenty more coming. Some of our equine groups are getting organized to help with the horses.
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posted on
08/30/2017 5:13:47 PM PDT
by
Himyar
(Comes A Stillness)
To: rlmorel
Donald J. Trump Retweeted Dr. David J. ShulkinVerified account @SecShulkin Aug 29 Our Mobile Vet Center set up and ready to help #Veterans impacted by #HurricaneHarvey in Corpus Christi. http://bit.ly/2iEYYvS Never heard of any of the others setting up a mobile Veterans center in a disaster. Now they need to set up a mobile Veterinarian center for our 4 legged friends.
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08/31/2017 5:52:03 AM PDT
by
GailA
(Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
To: GailA
As a respecter of our vets, and a lover of our pets, I agree on both counts!
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08/31/2017 7:48:53 AM PDT
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rlmorel
(Those who sit on the picket fence are impaled by it.)
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