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underpants

(182,789 posts)
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 01:10 PM Oct 2017

Trump says Puerto Rico officials should be"proud"more haven't died as in "a real catastrophe"Katrina

President Trump on Tuesday told Puerto Rico officials they should feel "very proud" they haven't lost thousands of lives like in "a real catastrophe like Katrina," while adding that the devastated island territory has thrown the nation's budget "a little out of whack."

"Every death is a horror, but if you look at a real catastrophe like Katrina, and you look at the tremendous — hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here, with really a storm that was just totally overpowering, nobody's ever seen anything like this," Trump said, before turning to a local official to ask how many people had died in storm. "What is your death count as of this moment? 17? 16 people certified, 16 people versus in the thousands."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-praises-himself-for-administrations-great-job-in-puerto-rico/2017/10/03/fdb5eeb4-a83a-11e7-8ed2-c7114e6ac460_story.html

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Trump says Puerto Rico officials should be"proud"more haven't died as in "a real catastrophe"Katrina (Original Post) underpants Oct 2017 OP
I had to take a walk; my blood pressure was going up just watching that schmuck. Sociopath. SCRUBDASHRUB Oct 2017 #1
That had nothing to do with him but as usual, he is taking the credit. appleannie1943 Oct 2017 #2
I'm so glad to hear it isn't a real catastrophe. Yonnie3 Oct 2017 #3

appleannie1943

(1,303 posts)
2. That had nothing to do with him but as usual, he is taking the credit.
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 01:15 PM
Oct 2017

They had shelters to keep them safe while their homes blew away. What he is responsible for is they are now starving and have no means to work, communicate or rebuild. An A-hole is above him.

Yonnie3

(17,434 posts)
3. I'm so glad to hear it isn't a real catastrophe.
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 01:17 PM
Oct 2017

I'm so relieved to hear that.

Now go back to your golf resort and STFU.

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