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It will do nothing or little to nothing to speed up the help getting supplies to where they are needed. There are plenty of supplies sitting in the Puerto Rico ports now.
“There are more than 3,000 shipping containers sitting here at the port which are just sitting here,” he explained. “It’s got everything they need. “The people who run the port say we’ve got guys in line, ready to put these on a truck, but nobody’s showing up,” he continued. “The governor of Puerto Rico say they’re having trouble reaching the truck drivers. Maybe their homes are destroyed.”
Its really more of a longer term solution to reduce cost of good and from that point of view it would be beneficial.
It will do nothing or little to nothing to speed up the help getting supplies to where they are needed. There are plenty of supplies sitting in the Puerto Rico ports now.
Its really more of a longer term solution to reduce cost of good and from that point of view it would be beneficial.
So, just as I suspected, this whole Jones Act (and the act does need to be repealed, IMO) debate was just an effort by the left to make President Trump look insensitive to PR, etc. Now, as the article mentions, its foreseeable that the truck drivers don't have a way to get to the piers, but that's hardly a cause of the Jones Act. Supplies are on island and have been on island.
So, just as I suspected, this whole Jones Act (and the act does need to be repealed, IMO) debate was just an effort by the left to make President Trump look insensitive to PR, etc. Now, as the article mentions, its foreseeable that the truck drivers don't have a way to get to the piers, but that's hardly a cause of the Jones Act. Supplies are on island and have been on island.
Yes your suspicions are correct based of the current media environment. The media is going to tell the story they want people to believe and the truth will have little to do with it. I say that about all the media not just the hateful destroy Trump media. Geraldo Rivera is working for Fox News and anyone that has watched him over the years can see his coverage of what is happening in P.R. is some truth laced with plenty of BS. When it comes to truth Geraldo is as empty as Al Capone's vault.
So, just as I suspected, this whole Jones Act (and the act does need to be repealed, IMO) debate was just an effort by the left to make President Trump look insensitive to PR, etc. Now, as the article mentions, its foreseeable that the truck drivers don't have a way to get to the piers, but that's hardly a cause of the Jones Act. Supplies are on island and have been on island.
So, just as I suspected, this whole Jones Act (and the act does need to be repealed, IMO) debate was just an effort by the left to make President Trump look insensitive to PR, etc. Now, as the article mentions, its foreseeable that the truck drivers don't have a way to get to the piers, but that's hardly a cause of the Jones Act. Supplies are on island and have been on island.
How did you arrive at the conclusion that the Jones Act debate makes Trump look bad. Either way this is an archaic and wasteful law that should have been repealed years ago, nothing to do with Trump as it is a long term issue.
The problem remains that they do not have the means of distribution on the island, the debate should be how Trump can assist.
So, just as I suspected, this whole Jones Act (and the act does need to be repealed, IMO) debate was just an effort by the left to make President Trump look insensitive to PR, etc. Now, as the article mentions, its foreseeable that the truck drivers don't have a way to get to the piers, but that's hardly a cause of the Jones Act. Supplies are on island and have been on island.
It was McCain who went crying to the press about needing the waiver.
But McCain has a dog in this race. He is the one who submitted legislation in July to repeal the Jones Act.
So he took it upon himself to decry it publicly and making it seem that PR was in dire straits because of the Jones Act.
McCain took a page from Rahm..."never let a crisis go to waste". He used the situation in PR to push his agenda.
It will do nothing or little to nothing to speed up the help getting supplies to where they are needed. There are plenty of supplies sitting in the Puerto Rico ports now.
“There are more than 3,000 shipping containers sitting here at the port which are just sitting here,” he explained. “It’s got everything they need. “The people who run the port say we’ve got guys in line, ready to put these on a truck, but nobody’s showing up,” he continued. “The governor of Puerto Rico say they’re having trouble reaching the truck drivers. Maybe their homes are destroyed.”
Its really more of a longer term solution to reduce cost of good and from that point of view it would be beneficial.
This is main reason. And yes the truth does get lost in translation. The logistics off all that is there need to be addressed. BUT I've yet to hear the President discuss any logistics or real reason behind any of the hold up. He seems to cave to the media at every whim.
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