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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPuerto Rico is about to be victimized by another hurricane and trump tweets 'when will it end?'
WHAT A PIECE OF SHIT HUMAN BEING, AN ABOMINATION TO THE PRESIDENCYLink to tweet
A lot of bad things are happening in Puerto Rico. The Governor is under siege, the Mayor of San Juan is a despicable and incompetent person who I wouldnt trust under any circumstance, and the United States Congress foolishly gave 92 Billion Dollars for hurricane relief, much....
....of which was squandered away or wasted, never to be seen again. This is more than twice the amount given to Texas & Florida combined. I know the people of Puerto Rico well, and they are great. But much of their leadership is corrupt, & robbing the U.S. Government blind!
....of which was squandered away or wasted, never to be seen again. This is more than twice the amount given to Texas & Florida combined. I know the people of Puerto Rico well, and they are great. But much of their leadership is corrupt, & robbing the U.S. Government blind!
Fact check: Trump says Puerto Rico got $92 billion. They've seen only a fraction.
Congress has allocated $42.5 billion in disaster aid for Puerto Rico, according to federal data, but the island had received less than $14 billion through May.
President Donald Trump falsely claimed in a pair of tweets Thursday that Congress had "foolishly" sent $92 billion of aid money to Puerto Rico, which squandered away or wasted much of it.
Congress has allocated $42.5 billion to disaster relief for Puerto Rico, according to federal data, but the island had received less than $14 billion through May. Trump signed another aid bill in June that will send an additional $1 billion to the island. The bulk of aid dollars is still in Washington, much of it waiting on processes that require officials to submit a series of plans outlining how they expect to use the money and await federal approval.
What's more, the aid Puerto Rico received is a fraction of what it needs Hurricane Maria inflicted an estimated $90 billion in damage on the island.
The island will receive additional funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency; The Washington Post reported that an Office of Management and Budget estimate of the possible liabilities over the life of the disaster could reach as high as $50 billion under the Stafford Act, though the estimate is expected to change and that number would take many years to reach.
Congress has allocated $42.5 billion to disaster relief for Puerto Rico, according to federal data, but the island had received less than $14 billion through May. Trump signed another aid bill in June that will send an additional $1 billion to the island. The bulk of aid dollars is still in Washington, much of it waiting on processes that require officials to submit a series of plans outlining how they expect to use the money and await federal approval.
What's more, the aid Puerto Rico received is a fraction of what it needs Hurricane Maria inflicted an estimated $90 billion in damage on the island.
The island will receive additional funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency; The Washington Post reported that an Office of Management and Budget estimate of the possible liabilities over the life of the disaster could reach as high as $50 billion under the Stafford Act, though the estimate is expected to change and that number would take many years to reach.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-says-puerto-rico-got-92-billion-they-n1031276
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Puerto Rico is about to be victimized by another hurricane and trump tweets 'when will it end?' (Original Post)
spanone
Aug 2019
OP
Trump should've just said "I hate brown skinned people" and saved all those letters in that tweet
uponit7771
Aug 2019
#2
It will never end. They are hurricanes, a natural weather phenomenon that are becoming
Xtermin8 H8
Aug 2019
#7
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)1. Jan 20, 2021. nt
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)2. Trump should've just said "I hate brown skinned people" and saved all those letters in that tweet
oasis
(49,383 posts)3. Time for Dem Party to seek out and register every eligible Puerto Rican. nt
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,615 posts)4. When will it end? When you're dragged away from OUR White House. n/t
Skittles
(153,160 posts)5. exactly what I was thinking
an Assange kind of exit would be so gratifying
riversedge
(70,216 posts)9. plus one
dweller
(23,632 posts)6. sadly, you despicable piece of human waste
it will end with the eradication of the human race after the global warming crisis reaches its inevitable end ... and all of the climate crisis deniers will be floating bloated corpses like the rest of us, thanks for nothing assholes
at least i still have this wish for our miserable existence
✌🏼
Xtermin8 H8
(26 posts)7. It will never end. They are hurricanes, a natural weather phenomenon that are becoming
more frequent and stronger due to climate change.
Does he actually think that we can stop hurricanes forming in the eastern Atlantic Ocean? Next he'll be declaring that we should blow them up with a nuke!
riversedge
(70,216 posts)8. Trump gets more cruel as the days go by!