White House aide: Trump administration spent 'entire weekend' working on Puerto Rico

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 10/01/17 12:26 PM EDT

President Trump’s chief economic advisor on Sunday emphasized the Trump administration’s commitment to helping Puerto Rico, saying it has “spent the entire weekend” focused on the disaster relief efforts for the islands.

“I just want to reiterate how involved the administration continues to be,” Gary Cohn said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”

Cohn, who came on the show to discuss the new Republican tax plan, said he wanted to begin by discussing Puerto Rico. “We’ve spent the entire weekend, as we have last weekend, working on Puerto Rico, making sure we’re out saving lives, sustaining lives. And making sure everyone in Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, is taken care of. The United States has gone through extraordinary efforts to delivery goods to the islands," he said.

The administration is under scrutiny as the island struggles amid power outages, destroyed infrastructure and water shortages. Cohn said the administration is “working full speed ahead” to help the island, which was battered by two hurricanes last month.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353326-white-house-aide-trump-admin-spent-entire-weekend-working-on-puerto

[Shrike47]

1. Does he think we don't know Trump's golfing?

[bettyellen]

2. He golfed. He hates his job.

[NCjack]

3. The WH just lies and lies to us. Can we believe this statement? Not me.

[C Moon]

4. Trying to figure out how to make it work for himself, no doubt.

[George II]

5. Yeah, doing what they should have been doing 12 days ago.

[Hortensis]

21. Exactly, but this indicates the criticism is hurting and the justifications not

going over quite well enough. Of course, Rump is getting it from both sides, us and the Republicans, eager to make sure all blame is piled on him.

Well, it's working for the Repub congress. No pretense there of being absorbed with this problem. They're fully absorbed instead with passing their their iniquitous tax heist bill. And when Steve Scalise came back, did he or anyone else cut the joyous return short with a call to return to important work that must be done? Callous, indecent, getting away with what will turn out to be deaths of at least some due to their depraved indifference.

[Cryptoad]

6. I guess he is coiunting the $ where Fema is selling water and ice

watch the videos on MSNBC where they filling up water cans and ice coolers,, look close and u will always see there is somebody collecting money,,,

[Grassy Knoll]

7. So He's Calling The Back 9 Puerto Rico ?

Makes Sense...Lots Of Sand Traps And Water Hazards

Budum-Chaa!!

[aeromanKC]

8. Spent all week working on Puerto Rico!!??

Well then, Trump sucks at his job!!

[oberliner]

9. "to delivery goods" ?

Do these news sites even bother with copy editors anymore?

[Igel]

19. Noe. Thay dont'.

Spell check. Speech to text.

They're all too busy watching themselves on youtube, or watching cat videos, to actually think to check what they write.

[TomCADem]

10. I Thought He Was Sightseeing at the President's Cup?

nt

[dhill926]

11. Fucking liar...

[xxqqqzme]

12. There is nothing said by any

person in king con's administration I can or will believe.

[Leith]

13. All Weekend Except for

the waking hours that were devoted to golf.

They must be talking about the TV with Fox Propaganda on in the background.

[Marthe48]

14. bfd

They should have had supplies and support waiting at a safe staging area before the storm hit. But no. If any of these people are actually successful businessmen, you know they hired people to run their businesses, because they couldn't water in a sink.

[keithbvadu2]

15. Trump working on the golf course like OJ looking on the golf course for the real killer.

[gademocrat7]

16. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

This cabal lies all the time. American lives are in peril and the grifter in chief goes golfing. Chump has never worked an honest day in his entire evil life.

[Blue Idaho]

17. Two Whole Days?

They must be exhausted...

[briv1016]

18. So is Puerto Rico what he calls his 9 iron?

[BaronChocula]

20. Oh, totally!

Gary Cohn spent his weekend tracking down shanked golf balls... for Puerto Rico.