Posted on 10/15/2017 6:31:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
As raging wildfires devour the lives, homes and dreams of Californians in an unprecedented scale, one voice has been conspicuously mute through day after day of crisis: President Trump.
This is not a man who is reticent to let Americans know what is foremost on his mind. He is also someone who should have learned by now — after devastating hurricanes and the Las Vegas massacre — that Americans expect their president to step forward with empathy and resolve in moments of national trauma.
Yet Trump has offered no more than a few perfunctory words about the Wine Country fires that have left at least 40 dead, consumed thousands of structures and stretched the physical and mental mettle of the dedicated firefighters and medical professionals to the edge of exhaustion.
So how can it be that the loss of 40 human beings on American soil did not merit a single tweet? The most forgiving interpretation would be that Trump, along with the cable networks that seem to attract his laser focus and have not made this a huge story, have a case of disaster fatigue. Perhaps the problem is that he hasn’t been blasted for his underwhelming response: There is no surer way to provoke him to his phone. The most cynical speculation would be that he could not care less about a state that despises him like no other.
Devastated California awaits your leadership, Mr. President. Tweet up, if you care.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
California fires burn every year. It’s just part of the season.
I wonder how much California environmental efforts have contributed to these run-away fires? Closing down logging roads and fire breaks, cutting off money to fund bankrupting social programs and sanctuary cities.
Maybe they should start respecting Presidential authority and federal guidelines.
Vice President was there on Monday and visited some sites.
Just think of all the energy these California winds are generating. Awesome!
THe winds were better yesterday, but they are whipping up right now.
LOL, San Fagcisco Cornholico whining pussy Communist Secessionists, where's your faith in Marx and Mohamed to save you?
The downwind states should sue the State of California under the Clean Air Act.
I thought he was “not their president”. I’m sure president hillary will be there soon to declare the fires sexist.
When you out yourself from the Union you live with the consequences.
Quit wineing about it for god’s sake.
I recall him mentioning the fires in California in a recent speech.
Kali told Trump to stay out...so he has.
He’s staying in America?
. That would be Hawaii.
Let’s just say it. Blue states don’t deserve federal help. Let them fend for themselves.
We’ve had California smoke here. (Reno)
Either you credit the Leftist editorial writers with a sense of humor and irony in very bad circumstances or they are hopelessly stupid.
The upwind states should sue the State of California under the Clean Air Act.
It’s too dangerous for him to go into the area until the fires are out. Furthermore, California is a center of anti-Trumpism. They don’t want him there.
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