Trump sent 18 tweets on Puerto Rico on Saturday. And made things a whole lot worse

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

Trump sent 18 tweets on Puerto Rico on Saturday. And made things a whole lot worse

By Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 7:09 AM ET, Sun October 1, 2017

(CNN) — In an 11-hour period beginning at 7:19 a.m. and ending at 6:46 p.m. Saturday, the President of the United States ripped off 18 -- yes, 18! -- tweets dealing with the dire situation in Puerto Rico following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria.

What's more remarkable than Donald Trump -- aka the commander in chief, aka the most most powerful person in the country -- tapping out 18 tweets on a single subject in less than 12 hours is the tone of those tweets: Negative, defensive and dark.

It all began with Trump's slashing attack on San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, who has become the face of the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico -- thanks in no small part to her interview Friday on CNN's "New Day" in which she angrily denounced attempts by the Trump White House to present the situation in Puerto Rico as a "good news story."

Trump, already worried about the perception that he and his administration have responded inadequately to the situation, responded to Yulin Cruz the only way he knows how: Viciously.

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At a time of crisis for more than 3 million Americans living in Puerto Rico, their President decided to pick a fight with a local official due to her frustration with the recovery efforts. Rather than send a tweet urging patience (or maybe not tweeting at all!), Trump decided the best course of action was to go after Yulin Cruz and "others in Puerto Rico" for their allegedly poor job in dealing with Hurricane Maria.

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/01/politics/trump-tweets-puerto-rico/index.html

[Mc Mike]

1. He's a 'counterpuncher'.

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He does something crooked, stupid, or evil. Then people point out he did something crooked, stupid, or evil. Then he gets really mad about the criticism and lashes out and attacks. Then his flunkies come on the teevee to tell us how he's a counterpuncher.

After he punched us twice.

A standard issue repuglinazi.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Repugilists nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Numerous times, in the past, tRump has said "I always hit back five times as hard." . . . nt

[Mc Mike]

14. Odd,coz he's such a candy a$$, nt

[riversedge]

2. Worse for the islanders, but good for an Ego Boost for Trump. Sad!

[spanone]

3. he's shit on a stick. people are dying while he's massaging his ego

[longship]

4. Normally a babbling idiot, Cillizza gets this one right.

Welcome, Chris, to reality. Happy to support you here.

R&

[Botany]

6. And remeber when Hurricane Sandy hit the N.E. in 2012?

[Hortensis]

7. If Cillizza weren't a conservative Party operative, he might have pointed out

that this is almost certainly part of a really nasty Republican/oligarchic plot against the interests of all Americans in Puerto Rico, and therefore against the interests of all of us.

No, the line is look at the fat orange balloon, blame the balloon, GO get it, boy!

Distraction anyone? Wanna be a GOOD boy, anyone?

[C_U_L8R]

8. Thats one for every hole.

We get the message, Donald.

[get the red out]

9. I am so sick of this

He will only accept fawning praise or he will let people die. Little orange dictator.

[kairos12]

10. There was a 6 hour reprieve from Drumpts

tweet shit storm. Golfing allows no interruptions you know.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. He's back up again this morning continuing the shit-storm he started yesterday

[struggle4progress]

13. He must be trying to distract us from something