TRUMP BLAMES BAD CELL SERVICE FOR FAILURE TO CALL MEXICO AFTER EARTHQUAKE

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Newsweek


BY HARRIET SINCLAIR ON 9/14/17 AT 4:31 PM


President Donald Trump has claimed the reason he did not reach out to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto immediately after the country’s huge earthquake was because there was no cellphone reception in Mexico.

The president was asked why he had not yet contacted Peña Nieto following last Thursday’s magnitude 8.1 earthquake in Mexico that left at least 96 people dead, prompting White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to claim on Tuesday that a phone call between the pair was imminent.

And following up on that pledge, the president days later said he had managed to call Peña Nieto, claiming that poor cell service had prevented him from doing so earlier.

. . .

It had been noted that Trump had not reached out to Mexico after the country was hit by two natural disasters—the earthquake and Hurricane Katia—in a short space of time, prompting Mexico to withdraw its offer of aid to the U.S. after Hurricane Harvey.

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/trump-blames-bad-cell-service-failure-call-mexico-earthquake-665260?piano_t=1

[BigmanPigman]

1. I guess the standby carrier pigeons flew the coop too.

Damn these modern communication systems!

[Tanuki]

2. I guess he never heard of diplomatic cables.

He's not only a liar, he's totally incompetent and hopelessly stupid. Well, I can't really say he's Hopeless...

[rurallib]

5. ! not Hopeless

[Vinca]

11. Apparently he also doesn't recognize the black object on his desk.

[riversedge]

13. umm.. Hope Hope Hope

[Botany]

3. Why does Trump tell such out and out lies?

Ones that a very easy to prove that he is wrong on too.

The earthquake was not in Mexico City so I kind of doubt that
the cell phone connections in M.C. were hurt.

[Old Vet]

4. The lies are expected, People believing this motherfucker are un-canny to say the least.

[LeftInTX]

6. That's Bull$heet beyond belief!!!!!!!!!

[htuttle]

7. He really doesn't understand where he is and what he's supposed to be doing

He's probably used the 'bad cell phone coverage' excuse often in the course of his business life. But it didn't occur to him that the president of the United States has, um..., several ways to contact the leaders of other countries.

And beyond that, he could have left a fucking message...

[FakeNoose]

8. How about "My dog ate my homework"

That's just about the lamest excuse I've ever heard.

[Doreen]

9. Lying sack of shit.

[OldHippieChick]

10. That's funny.

[hatrack]

12. NOT MY FAULT!! NOT MY FAULT!! NOT MY FAULT!! NOT MY FAULT!! NOT MY FAULT!!

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That should cover it through the end of next week . . .

[dembotoz]

14. So we were unable to communicate with the embassy? Ours or mexicos

No sat phones
No internet
No land line
No shortwave radio

If that is the case, trump needs to fire
White House communication
State department communication
Armed forces communication

Or perhaps he is just a sleazy liar who doesn't even think his lies thru

[xxqqqzme]

15. This poor, put-upon man.

Nothing seems to work for him when the spotlight is searching for his response or reaction. People continually disappoint him. Policies fail. The US Constitution was written to restrict his good intentions. Systems just don't work. He is aging, confused, overweight and doesn't understand government. His arrogance in his skill as a grifter allowed putin to buy the US on the cheap. And we are supposed to trust his addled, incompetent self until he gets being 'presidential'. NOPE

I have trouble watching the news because I don't believe any of it anymore.

[truthisfreedom]

16. If heads of state have to rely on cell service in 2017

We're doomed.

45 pretends like he invented bullshit, but he invented something else. BULKSHIT.

[riversedge]

17. This is one of his more stupid excuses that I have heard!

[Tanuki]

19. He doesn't have a dog, so he has to eat his own homework

[LudwigPastorius]

18. Trump is the single smallest man on the world stage.

He won't pick up the phone and call because President Nieto said that Mexico isn't paying for his goddamn wall.

What a petty piece of shit Trump is.