Posted on 10/04/2017 3:12:43 PM PDT by Ennis85
The mayor of Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan, has described Donald Trump's visit to the hurricane-hit island as "insulting" and called him a "miscommunicator-in-chief". Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz described his televised meeting with officials as a "PR, 17-minute meeting". The sight of him throwing paper towels to people in the crowd was "terrible and abominable", she added. Mr Trump tweeted it had been a "great day" in Puerto Rico. But he also took another swipe at the reporting of his trip.
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Tuesday's five-hour presidential trip to San Juan came two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, and followed complaints that the US government's handling of the storm's aftermath was too slow. Only 7% of the island has power and more remote parts of the island - a US territory - have been without food, water and basic medical aid.
Aleem Maqbool:
It may have been a "great day" in Puerto Rico for Donald Trump, but more than 90% of the 3 and a half million people living on this island remain without power and phone communications. It means many of them would not have heard his remark about how much the disaster in Puerto Rico was costing the US government. Nor would they have seen that he only visited Guaynabo, a wealthy part of town, and joked with people there that they no longer needed the torches being handed out. Many of those we have met who are aware of this week's visit say this is more evidence that the president views them as second-class American citizens.
During his televised meeting with emergency responders and officials of Puerto Rico, he went out of his way to praise - and seek compliments for - the federal response. "Every death is a horror," the president said,
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Well, people were putting their hands up. Sometimes you need to lighten things up a bit. President Trump did just right.
After 10 days they are far ahead of 10 days after Katrina.
This from the EU weenies (BBC),.. what else did you expect ?
The mayor is using this as a platform to run her Governor election
Seems like they’re looking for something negative to say.
“Puerto Rico: Trump paper towel-throwing ‘abominable’”
“The mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital, San Juan, has described...”
So what is it BBC? Did you manage to find anyone other than that lying bitch to supply you with your bash quota?
Abominable was Obama trying to throw the first pitch.
And why is this? PR still has truck drivers who are using the hurricane to negotiate for higher wages. There are pallets of food and water in warehouses waiting to be shipped, and lazy PR truckers who refuse to do it. The PR power company went bankrupt BEFORE the hurricane hit because of corruption.
PR, get off your lazy asses and fix your own problems. You don’t see WHITE people blaming others when there is work to be done. We get our hands dirty and do it. More work and less whining.
It makes you look both inferior and incompetent
Every body was having a great time with it.
Trump administration asks Congress for $29 billion in hurricane relief
It doesn’t matter to the media what President Trump does, they hate him regardless. To anyone who doesn’t see this for what it is, please take a long walk off a short pier.
Why abominable ? Did he nail some pregnant women or their babies with the throws ?
This Cruz broad is one crazy b*tch.
She should be in a mental institution.
I wonder how much money the Clinton Foundation is paying this loon to trash President Trump?
It’s called triage. You cannot help everyone at the same time.
There are those that are beyond help.
There are those that are not in need of immediate help.
There are those that will perish without help.
You help the latter at the expense of the other two. That’s that way it happens in the real world. It’s horrible if you are in one of the first two groups, but when resources are limited, you use them where they do the most good.
Another thing to factor in is population. All other things being equal, a larger population center will be prioritized over a smaller population center.
The media has ignored the fact that the people of Puerto Rico need paper towels.
The media is also too daft to realize that the President’s throwing of the Paper Towels was an allegory of the American people abandoning the NFL to watch President Trump compete Touchdown Passes to Americans.
“...this is more evidence that the president views them as second-class American citizens.”
Well, keep acting this way and TELLING LIES, and you’ll have 99.999% of Americans thinking the same way, Beotch!
I, for one, think every town and berg BESIDES San Juan deserves our help - not YOU! P*ss off.
Yup. Everyone is complaining about her nasty crack. Nasty, she is.
Bitch needs to be put down or step down. Over her.
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