***BONKERS*** Trump: We'll Be There for Puerto Rico, a Day After Critical Messages

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Last edited Fri Oct 13, 2017, 06:06 PM - Edit history (1)

The Puerto Rican National Guard brought in supplies to Morovis, Puerto Rico, last Saturday.

WASHINGTON — President Trump sought to reassure Puerto Rico on Friday that he was not abandoning the hurricane-ravaged island, shifting his message a day after blaming its leadership for the territory’s ongoing crisis and warning that he "cannot keep” federal troops and emergency workers “in P.R. forever.”

In a morning posting on Twitter, Mr. Trump stuck to his position that Puerto Rico was already deeply troubled before Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit, but he cast the point in a tone of greater solidarity. “The wonderful people of Puerto Rico, with their unmatched spirit, know how bad things were before the H’s,” he wrote. “I will always be with them!”

He repeated that sentiment in a speech later in the morning. “These are people that are incredible people,” he said, referring to residents of Puerto Rico as well as other places hit by recent storms. “They’ve suffered greatly and we’ll be there. We’re going to be there. We have, really — it’s not even a question of a choice. We don’t even want a choice. We’re going to be there as Americans and we love those people and what they’ve gone through.”

Mr. Trump used his speech to a gathering called the Values Voter Summit to reinforce his alliance with religious conservatives who have backed his candidacy and presidency. Noting that he was the first sitting president to address the conference, Mr. Trump embraced a more prominent role for religion in politics and public life and vowed to stop “the attacks on Judeo-Christian values.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/us/politics/reversing-course-trump-seeks-to-reassure-puerto-rico.html

[NastyRiffraff]

1. The entire Values Voter speech was one giant lie.

He's no more religious than I am, and I'm an atheist. He lied to those idiots and they just lapped it up like thirsty dogs.

[Initech]

2. But they won't be there for California. Got it.

[anti-GOP2]

3. WOW

this F^&Kin MORON is clueless ..... he has no idea P R is part and has been a part of America(since the early part of the 1900's (maybe it is NOT his part of MuriKA) . He thinks its a 3rd world country on an Island in the middle of an Ocean with no roads to get there . Heck he even THINKS he spoke with the President of the U. S. Virgin Islands wonder if he was met by the U S Virgin Island Air Force and NAVY ? This MORON has to go and the sooner the better for the ENTIRE WORLD .

[malaise]

5. Welcome to DU

It frightened me that he did not know that Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean. This fucking dunce should not have access to security clearance let alone nukes.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. You just knew Big Pharma

made a few calls to Dingle Berry and now he changed his tune. Pharma has Manufacturing in PR.

[Vinca]

6. Good point. I was wondering about big pharma. Got to keep the pills rolling off the line

to keep the money flowing.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Yes they do!!!!