Trump gives his team a '10' for its Puerto Rico hurricane response
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[quote]President Donald Trump on Thursday gave the federal government the highest marks for its response to the hurricane devastation in Puerto Rico.
“I’d say it was a 10,” the president, who sat beside Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, told reporters on Thursday. “There’s never been anything like that. I give ourselves a 10.”
Trump has been heavily criticized by some for his muted initial response to the damage to the U.S. territory, and he has publicly feuded with certain local officials about whether he was giving Puerto Rico less attention than Texas and Florida, which were also hit hard by hurricanes in recent weeks.
Trump repeatedly praised Rosselló during a nearly 40-minute exchange with reporters, in which both leaders alternately addressed the media. But he saved the highest plaudits for himself, recalling past praise from a Bill Clinton-era FEMA director and putting Rosselló on the spot with a pointed question about how well the government responded.
The president’s kind words for Rosselló — “I can tell you, you are a hardworking governor” — were mixed with slight digs at the U.S. territory, which he singled out for being in “rough shape” even before the storms blew through. He also called out roads he said were “in really horrific shape” before the hurricanes, as well as the “pretty well destroyed” power grid and the territory’s “massive” debt.
“I’d say it was probably the most difficult when you talk about relief, when you talk about search, when you talk about all of the different levels, and even when you talk about lives saved,” Trump said. “You look at the number. I mean, this was — I think it was worse than Katrina.”
Trump, in his trademark hyperbole, insisted no one has ever seen a hurricane hit land like in Puerto Rico. “They got hit dead center — if you look at those maps, by a category 5. Nobody’s ever heard of a [category] 5 hitting land,” he suggested. “Usually by that time it’s dissipated. It hit right through — and kept to a [category] 5. It hit right through the middle of the island, right through the middle of Puerto Rico. There’s never been anything like that. I give ourselves a 10.”[/quote]
[url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/19/trump-puerto-rico-response-243948]Source: Politico[/url]
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Just a reminder that supply shortages are still ongoing and [url=http://www.businessinsider.com/puerto-rico-hurricane-updates-situation-power-water-hospitals-2017-10]85% of Puerto Rico is still without power.[/url]
Is Puerto Rico going to be to Trump what New Orleans was to George W. Bush?
"Barely any food, water, power, eh, 10 outta 10"
I love how he also contradicted himself by saying this was "worse than Katrina" yet earlier made a statement that Katrina was a real disaster and how this one wasn't (before scolding them for being a 'financial burden')
10/100 right?
[QUOTE=Dracon;52797462]10/100 right?[/QUOTE]
Knowing Trump, he means 10/5
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trump single-handedly saving puerto rico
can this guy go even 5 minutes without contradicting himself
[QUOTE=LZTYBRN;52797719]can this guy go even 5 minutes without contradicting himself[/QUOTE]
Or blowing smoke up his own ass
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[QUOTE=Eva-1337;52797418]"Barely any food, water, power, eh, 10 outta 10"[/QUOTE]
President, or video game reviewer?
[QUOTE=CyclonatorZ;52797545]Knowing Trump, he means 10/5[/QUOTE]
Please, you give too little credit. Its 10/0.1
For me, I definitely give it a 10. As in a 10/100.
[QUOTE=Dracon;52797462]10/100 right?[/QUOTE]
10/0 is still 0.
Also nice to see he's still spouting bullshit out of his mouth.
[QUOTE=Reagy;52800575]10/0 is still 0.
Also nice to see he's still spouting bullshit out of his mouth.[/QUOTE]
10/0 is undefined.
[QUOTE=Mr. Sarcastic;52797404]Is Puerto Rico going to be to Trump what New Orleans was to George W. Bush?[/QUOTE]
America is going to be to Trump what New Orleans was to Bush
[QUOTE=elevate;52800589]10/0 is undefined.[/QUOTE]
What? You re wrong buddy. Nobody defines 10/0 better than the president. Nobody.
Eh... I'd give him 7/10, tops. We haven't let enough people die for no good reason yet to really warrant a 10.
I mean, we [I]are[/I] rating this on the context of how shitty it's being handled, right?
What's up yall.
Just thought i'd throw this in, saw it on white house fb some weeks back. There are probobly plenty of good people really busting ass to get everything running again, so let's be thankful for that, Even though our president is a bonehead.
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[QUOTE=shingda;52801690]What's up yall.
Just thought i'd throw this in, saw it on white house fb some weeks back. There are probobly plenty of good people really busting ass to get everything running again, so let's be thankful for that, Even though our president is a bonehead.
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So according to status.pr, in over 2 weeks since the infographic was updated, less than 7% more of Puerto Ricans (18.5%) have gotten power, a month after the hurricane.
Still over 30% of Puerto Ricans without access to clean water, aka well over 1 million US citizens having to depend on tainted water and the few emergency supplies they can get.
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