Will Puerto Rico Turn Out To Be Trump's Nola/Katrina

[Me.]

They are in dire straits, no food, no water and no real help.

[nycbos]

1. No

Most people don't care. Most people are too stupid to know that fact that Puerto Ricans are Americans Citizens. Most Americans confuse them as "brown immigrants who are taking our jobs, and/or lazy moochers."

[OldHippieChick]

13. I disagree. Most people do care. Bigots don't care but they

didn't care after Katrina either and they knew that Louisiana was a State. Most of the victims we witnessed on television were persons of color after Katrina and yet it was effectively used against Bush. We shall see if Drumpfer is given more leniency because of his mental defects.

[Me.]

16. Might

They say the feds aren't sending help until Oct.1. Why the delay, I don't know, but it's unconscionable.

[OldHippieChick]

18. Not sure why you sent this in response to me as I would say that

any delay is deliberate and racistl

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Like the other poster said, hell no.

These are brown people with an accent, and therefore they dont count as full human beings.

At least that is how deplorables and trump see it.

[uppityperson]

3. K&R

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. of course not. His adoration crew are all in - and all lost.

[gratuitous]

5. Are you still on about that?

Gee whiz, the president is trying to discuss something important here, and you're all caught up in the life-and-death struggles of millions of citizens without electrical power, food, shelter, water, or much of anything else. Get your priorities right! Some sportsball players are conducting themselves in a manner that displeases the president, in case you hadn't noticed.

[Me.]

8. Silly Me.

[Me.]

12. KR

[LonePirate]

6. No because the media is not covering it. Plus PR is not a state so many Americans don't care.

[Me.]

9. MSNBC Reporting On It Now

The gov. of PR just said something that may scare 45 into acting. He said if help doesn't arrive soon there will be a mass exodus to the Mainland.

[lame54]

10. On CNN several times this morning...

Including as i write this

[Me.]

11. Good

maybe someone will pay attention...why don't they send the Navy

[lame54]

19. A fleet of cruise ships

[spanone]

7. Hey, trump sent a tweet a few days ago, what does these people want anyway?????

[DavidDvorkin]

14. Only if the media covers what's happening in PR the same way they did with NO.

[FLPanhandle]

15. Not a chance

Puerto Rico is getting the news attention now, but people are still suffering here in the continental 48 without any news.

If Texas and Florida can't break into media, because no one cares, how much will people care about PR?

[JoeStuckInOH]

17. Most average people don't know PR is a US Territory.

It's just another island full of foreigners that should be used to getting hit by hurricanes by now.

[MGKrebs]

20. Let's hope not.

Because that would mean a lot of people will have suffered needlessly.

If you want to politicize that disaster let's at least wait until it's under control. No need to appear to want the idiot to fail at this.

[Me.]

21. No One Wanted Him To Fail At This

THat is entirely his own inclination and yes, people are suffering and dying. And... it was far too easy to see this coming.