Trump Honors Only One Victim in Puerto Rico: Himself
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President Trump disputed the storm’s death toll in a tweet on Thursday.
Erika P. Rodriguez for The New York Times
If you’ve stopped being surprised by the flagrancy of President Trump’s deceptions, you’re not alone. Yet the president’s effort on Thursday to deny the nearly 3,000 American lives lost in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria last year — and to accuse Democrats of inflating the death toll for political gain — should amaze even the most jaundiced Trump-watcher.
Mr. Trump delivered his latest bit of mendacity with a one-two presidential Twitter punch:
“ 3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the island AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000 …”
“ … This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!”
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More people died in Puerto Rico than on 9/11.
Imagine the outrage if someone dared deny that disaster. Imagine the outrage if the President of the United States denied the death of three thousand people.
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Sadly Trumps response isn't unexpected...
It happens that today is the 17th anniversary of the infamous Authorization for Use of Military Force .
The terrorist attack on the Twin Towers has led to uncountable deaths and unimaginable lost treasure...
If we spent the tenth on Puerto Rico.....
What else is expected from The King of Vulgaria excepting vulgarity? Isn't that what made him so, um, popular?