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He just now got around to sending the USNS Comfort. Which should have been about the first thing he did. In fact, as soon as the path of the storm was known, Comfort should have been on standby. Since it takes a good week for it to get to PR from Norfolk.
"President Donald Trump, who was quick to visit both Florida and Texas, even as officials were still dealing with the crisis, has not yet visited Puerto Rico or mentioned the island’s disaster since last week. On Monday, reporters asked why the president sent a dozen tweets criticizing NFL players instead of focusing on the crisis."
I heard Drumpf finally say something in regards to Puerto Rico (undoubtedly, that he was nudged to do), remarking "we are making such progress, sending tons of water and food." Later saying, "We are getting such great reviews for all we're doing for Puerto Rico." GREAT REVIEWS?? This is not a performance. But what more would one expect from him, being a completely self-serving dufus. He is all about getting accolades, creating a perception about himself... but is all surface and no depth. He has no connection with or empathy for those suffering and when he visits there, will go through the motions, as usual. Sociopathy = lack of empathy, among other things.
I for one, am sick and tired of having a Sociopath playing president.
So, it looks like Trump did indeed do a lot. And the usual liberals are doing the usual frantic screeching, whining that it wasn't enough, or wasn't soon enough... which facts and witnesses on the scene contradict.
The OP was right. Ans the liberals networks are jumping on the panic button with both feet, trying their best to pretend that some tweets about football players somehow was more important or more voluminous that saving lots of lives in Puerto Rico.
What facts? You don't have any facts, just accusations that Trump this and Trump that.
Here are some facts:
Responding Coast Guard cutters:
Coast Guard Cutter Cypress – Homeported in Pensacola, Fla.
Coast Guard Cutter Elm – Homeported in Atlantic Beach, N.C.
Coast Guard Cutter Diligence – Wilmington, N.C.
Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Cutter Forward – Portsmouth, Va.
Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Cutter James – Charleston, S.C.
Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Cutter Venturous – St. Petersburg, Fla.
Coast Guard Cutter Valiant – Jacksonville, Fla.
Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Port update:
The following is a port condition update for the ports in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
♦Guayanilla, Puerto Rico – Open
Exception: Peerless Oil open w/ restrictions – Daylight transit only
♦Tallaboa, Puerto Rico – Open
♦Salinas, Puerto Rico – Open
♦San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit Only
♦Fajardo, Culebra, Vieques – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit only
♦Guayama, Puerto Rico – Open with restrictions
Tug/barge only
No deep draft vessels
No vessels greater than 500 gross tons
♦St. Thomas, East and West Gregrie Channels, U.S. Virgin Islands – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit only
VIPA-Homeport Pier Virgin Island Port Authority
VIP A- Sandfill
WAPA – News Station
Tropical Shipping
Crowley
♦Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit only
♦Red Hook, St. Thomas – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit only
♦Cruz Bay, St. John – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit only
♦Limetree Bay, St. Croix – Open with restrictions
Daylight only
Draft less than 45ft
♦Krause Lagoon, St. Croix – Open with restrictions
Daylight only
Draft less than 45ft
♦Frederiksted, St. Croix – Open with restrictions
Daylight transit only
Critical supplies delivered include: 4 million meals, 6 million liters of water, nearly 300 infant and toddler kits, and 70,000 tarps and 15,000 rolls of roof sheeting. Officials said that 7 million more meals and 4 million liters of water are on the way.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorized FEMA and DoD to install and operate temporary water treatment units to provide clean water in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the DoD conducted medical evacuations for more than 150 patients from the islands to the continental United States. Medical evacuations from the islands will continue.
A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) mobile communications team arrived in Puerto Rico to help improve communications across the storm-impacted area. USCG personnel continue to deliver critical FEMA relief supplies to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) deployed debris experts to assist FEMA with debris management strategies in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands completed a Blue Roof install on Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas and St. Croix.
Additionally, USACE has generators on hand in Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, with more en route.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations personnel are onsite in St. Thomas to evaluate, fix, and install FAA equipment, in support of air traffic control operations.
The National Guard Bureau (NGB) has thousands of Guard members on the ground in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands taking part in security and support operations. The Air National Guard is focused on transporting food, water, and communications capabilities as well as rapidly increasing airlift into affected areas.
Customs and Border Protection airplanes and helicopters are assisting with conducting damage assessment and search and rescue missions.
More than 180 Federal Law Enforcement Officers are in San Juan and the U.S. Virgin Islands supporting search and rescue, medical teams, and other federal responders.
SOURCE: various military, government and news agencies
Thank you for posting! Of course the President Trump haters won't read or heed. Typical.
ABC, NBC and CBS have spent more than 3 times as much time ranting over Donald Trump's tweets on football, than covering what Trump has been spending most of his time on: The crisis in Puerto Rico caused by two consecutive hurricanes.
Sure enough, liberal drones are already saying, "See? How dare Trump spend so much more time on football players kneeling for the National Anthem, than worrying about the disaster in Puerto Rico?"
Mission accomplished for the Fake News Networks, as usual.
Hurricane Maria hit the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico last Wednesday and since then, there has been an ever-worsening humanitarian crisis. Most of the island was still without power, supplies slow to arrive, and the threat of a failing dam as of Monday. Despite the terrible news coming from the island, the Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) have dedicated far more time since Sunday to President Trump’s spat with protesting athletes than to the Puerto Rican people fighting to stay alive.
Between September 24 and September 25, the Big Three Networks spent a total of 92 minutes and 33 seconds of airtime hyperventilating about Trump's feud with various sports athletes. Compared to the 25 minutes and 45 seconds of total airtime between the three for Puerto Rico, over those two days. That means the networks spent 3.6 times more airtime on Trump’s Twitter war than the humanitarian crisis.
You know why? Because the dip s@$t spends more time tweeting about that than Puerto Rico.
Jesus, that was literally the easiest thing to answer, ever.
ABC, NBC and CBS have spent more than 3 times as much time ranting over Donald Trump's tweets on football, than covering what Trump has been spending most of his time on: The crisis in Puerto Rico caused by two consecutive hurricanes.
Sure enough, liberal drones are already saying, "See? How dare Trump spend so much more time on football players kneeling for the National Anthem, than worrying about the disaster in Puerto Rico?"
Quote:
Originally Posted by middle-aged mom
Between 9/22 - 11:00 AM this morning, Trump's tweets, NFL vs Puerto Rico was 21:4. What's up with that?
Trump knew the Senate could not get enough votes to pass Healthcare 3.0, so he chose to pivot and dominate the news cycles with NFL noise, instead of the evolving humanitarian crisis that impacts 3 + million US citizens.
Trump didn't do anything ... "Deep State" is what saved Puerto Rico. Thank God for the Federal bureaucracy.
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