| Topic List |
Page List:
1 |
|---|---|
|
jborgan 10/12/17 10:55:26 AM #1: |
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/12/trump-warns-post-hurricane-puerto-rico-says-fema-won-t-stay-forever.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/12/trump-warns-puerto-rico-we-cannot-keep-fema-the-military-the-first-responders-forever/?utm_term=.7c569a33fd8a President Trump served notice Thursday that he may pull back federal relief workers from Puerto Rico, effectively threatening to abandon the U.S. territory amid a staggering humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Declaring the U.S. territory's electrical grid and infrastructure to have been a disaster before hurricanes, Trump wrote Thursday that it will be up to Congress how much federal money to appropriate to the island for its recovery efforts and that relief workers will not stay forever. In a trio of tweets, Trump wrote: We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever! Trump on Thursday sought to shame the territory for its own plight. He tweeted, Electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes. And he quoted Sharyl Attkisson, a television journalist, as saying, Puerto Rico survived the Hurricanes, now a financial crisis looms largely of their own making. During a visit last week, he tossed rolls of paper towels at local residents as if shooting baskets, drawing scorn from local leaders. He also complained that the recovery efforts had "thrown our budget a little out of whack," and noted that the death toll was lower than the real catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and surrounding areas in 2005. Trump's threats to limit the emergency worker footprint in Puerto Rico come as the House is set to vote Thursday on a $36.5 billion disaster aid package that includes provisions to avert a potential cash crisis in Puerto Rico prompted by Hurricane Maria. Jennifer Hing, a spokeswoman for House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.), said that those who live on the island are American citizens and they deserve the federal assistance they need to recover and rebuild. The Chairman and the Committee fully stand by them in these efforts, and will continue to be at the ready to provide the victims of these devastating hurricanes with the necessary federal resources both now and in the future." --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
|
|
twitterfriends 10/12/17 10:57:16 AM #2: |
It's crazy they have been out of power for 22 days, no clean drinking water, all American citizens.
--- #NotMyPresident #JusticeDemocrats #PathOfExile #WolfPAC #Bitcoin #WeAre12 #12thMan #Seahawks #Belieber #UBI #PokemonGo #twitterfriends #MMA #PopularHashtags ... Copied to Clipboard!
|
|
Kaname_Madoka 10/12/17 10:57:41 AM #3: |
He really isn't wrong about the infrastructure thing. Stupid as Hell otherwise though.
--- Drawn for me by Volkswagen_Bros, ShinobiNinjaX, Popcorn_Fairy and Nayr626. https://imgur.com/gallery/B4o8m It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up magazine ... Copied to Clipboard!
|
|
Duncanwii 10/12/17 10:59:08 AM #4: |
Trumps a racist ass who serves his own interests first before the country's. Terrible person.
--- My dream has finally come true. I own a SNES Classic. I like Gardevoir, just not in that way. ... Copied to Clipboard!
|
| Topic List |
Page List:
1 |