President Donald Trump whined about Puerto Rico on Monday night in a crazed rant that continued into Tuesday morning as he attacked the island by lying about how much hurricane relief money FEMA has sent there.
First, Trump claimed that more money has been sent to help the island than was sent to help Texas and Florida after hurricanes in those states, which caused far less damage than Hurricane Maria caused to Puerto Rico.
Then he took a shot at San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, a strong Trump critic who is running for governor of the island.
He then conjured up an imaginary dollar amount to end his rant.
The Democrats today killed a Bill that would have provided great relief to Farmers and yet more money to Puerto Rico despite the fact that Puerto Rico has already been scheduled to receive more hurricane relief funding than any “place” in history. The people of Puerto Rico…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2019
….are GREAT, but the politicians are incompetent or corrupt. Puerto Rico got far more money than Texas & Florida combined, yet their government can’t do anything right, the place is a mess – nothing works. FEMA & the Military worked emergency miracles, but politicians like…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2019
….the crazed and incompetent Mayor of San Juan have done such a poor job of bringing the Island back to health. 91 Billion Dollars to Puerto Rico, and now the Dems want to give them more, taking dollars away from our Farmers and so many others. Disgraceful!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2019
Not content with his pre-bedtime temper tantrum, Trump repeated it the next morning along with a complaint that he isn’t being given any appreciation for what he has supposedly done to help, which amounts to throwing paper towels at people in need and denying how many people actually died because of the hurricane and Trump’s terrible response.
Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before, & all their local politicians do is complain & ask for more money. The pols are grossly incompetent, spend the money foolishly or corruptly, & only take from USA….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2019
….The best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico is President Donald J. Trump. So many wonderful people, but with such bad Island leadership and with so much money wasted. Cannot continue to hurt our Farmers and States with these massive payments, and so little appreciation!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2019
But FEMA has stated that Puerto Rico has only received $3 billion, not $91 billion as Trump claims. And the island will need tens of billions more to recover.
Once again, Trump lies in order to demonize people, only these people are full-fledged American citizens. and he ought to be ashamed of himself for attacking them at all.
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