How does Trump help the people in Puerto Rico by saying. "They want everything done for them." Even if you think that Trump's is getting them all of the help. It's not the fault of the people for struggling without food/water/electricity/supplies. And it's not their fault if they want help after their homes have been damaged and for wanting food/water. They deserve it just as much as the victims of Texas and Florida do,
I don't blame the people at all. Unfortunately, this stopped being about "the people" and folks couldn't help but make political hay of another crisis. The Mayor of San Juan is getting interviewed by CNN wearing shirts with a political theme taking shots at Trump. There are also reports that the truck drivers refuse to work to gain leverage for their future contract negotiations, thus leaving supplies at the port that can't get out to the people.
And then you have the San Juan Mayor who has not participated in the coordination meetings taking place in her town. It's a mess. And the people suffer as a result.
Now, flip the script when Hurricane Sandy devastated New Jersey. Chris Christie didn't care who he had to work with or meet in order to facilitate aid for the state. He met with Obama and was photographed with Obama. I'm no fan of Chris Christie but that was the absolute right approach in that crisis. Unfortunately, the Mayor of San Juan wants to tweet out political BS while the US has mobilized troops and government workers and more are on the way. It's counterproductive.
Do you think that Trump's tweets are what the people in Puerto Rico need to comfort them.
And I'll ask again, how did the Mayor's tweets help her people and constituents? How did it comfort them? It's political posturing at the expense of the people.
1. Most don't have electricity to be able to watch the news.
Because they had a woefully inadequate electrical grid. Who's to blame for that? It's amazing that, while we can criticize the government's efforts, we don't at least acknowledge the failings of the politicians in Puerto Rico. That territory was a mess before the storm.
2. They are concerned with getting help for them and their people. And are trying not to die. So, I don't think that Trump's need to save his image is the number one thing on their minds.
I don't think Trump is trying to save his image. It can't be saved with the folks on the left. They despise him no matter what. He responded to a twitter war started by the Mayor of San Juan. That's what he does, like it or not.
The Mayor has been there to physically help the people in need and is still doing more as an individual for PR than Trump is sitting back in comfort. His tweeting is doing nothing to actually help the people of Puerto Rico at all.
The Mayor is not engaged with FEMA in her own city. And what do you expect the President to do? Go down himself and start moving debris? Didn't Obama live in comfort during Sandy? I mean, what's the point?
The President speaks with the Governor several times a day. We have thousands of personnel there to assist and more on the way. The sad part of all this is that we make political hay out of tragedies like Katrina and now this. It's right out of the leftist handbook: Don't let a tragedy or crisis go to waste.
