Donald Trump finally made it to Puerto Rico today,an erotice tale of ms dracula two weeks after Category 4 Hurricane Maria made landfall and devastated the island. He brought the full-on Trump charm with him, slinging jokes and comments that were tone deaf at best, given the dire situation in the island nation and his handling of it all.
SEE ALSO: Trump to Puerto Rico: Show us the moneyFrom an opening crack about the weather to bringing up the F-35 aircraft even though it was unrelated to the storm, Trump was all over the map. Which, to be fair, shouldn't really shock us anymore.
And, yet, here we are.
Trump opened by praising the beauty and weather of Puerto Rico, with the exception of the whole hurricane thing. "Your weather is second to none but once in a while you get hit," he said. "And you really got hit, there's no question about it." Maybe it was the jovial tone or maybe it was the small smile on his face but this one was ... yeah.
We already know Trump spent a lot of time and energy attacking San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, who begged FEMA and members of the administration for more help in the aftermath of the storm, but didn't mention Trump by name.
And that's certainly who he was implicitly criticizing when he heaped praise on Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rossello by insisting, "this governor did not play politics, he didn't play it all ... he was giving us the highest grades."
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Shade by omission! By the way, Mayor Cruz was in attendance -- the briefing was in San Juan, after all -- and yet, despite praising other officials and government agencies, Trump had no praise for the mayor.
The pair did share a handshake later, which is nice, I guess.
As Trump introduced his budget chief Mick Mulvaney, Trump jokingly chided Puerto Rico for the hit his budget took because they had the gall to get hit by a major hurricane.
O.K., maybe don't bring this up even if you are joking? I mean, these guys have been working around the clock for two weeks on a decimated U.S. territory and 95 percent of the island is still without power. And you called them lazy!
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Maybe don't sneak in the extra zinger about your budget because that's probably the last thing anyone wants to hear about. Just a thought.
So, right after he made the budget crack, Trump then made an awkward transition to discussing the death toll and how happy he was it wasn't higher. In fact, Puerto Rico hasn't updated the current toll -- 16 -- in nearly a week and suspicions are growing that the actual toll will be much higher.
Not higher than Katrina, no, likely not, just as Trump pointed out. But then by comparing Maria to Katrina, Trump implied that Katrina was "a real catastrophe," which means Maria ... wasn't?
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Also, don't compare disasters! Besides being in poor taste because people died and property and lives were destroyed, you pit the victims of one against the other.
That and you highlight the two things these storms have in common: they were both major hurricanes that led to a federal response that was harshly criticized.
Talking to an Air Force representative, who Trump seemed to at first mistake for a Coast Guard officer, Trump brought up one of his favorite topics, the F-35 fighter jet.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Why, though?!? The press conference was ostensibly about a hurricane and the federal government's response to it, not an opportunity to brag about the cost of an unrelated aircraft (which Trump may not even deserve credit for).
"Its' hard to fight a plane you can't see," Trump said. "But that's an expensive plane you can't see. And as you probably heard, we cut the price quite substantially. Something that other administrations never have done, that I can tell you."
At least we can take comfort in one thing: Trump is nothing if not consistent -- he'll always make a disaster about himself.
Microsoft found 44 million accounts using breached passwordsGoogle finally ends support for the original Google GlassThese are 2019's most bizarre concept carsA handy guide to 5G and what that actually means for youI can't stop watching these hectic lasso moments in the 'Wonder Woman 1984' trailerGoogle finally ends support for the original Google GlassHuman giraffe mom announces her birth with a ridiculous Facebook postWaymo's new iPhone app lets some users order selfNow anyone can order a Lyft for someone else without a Lyft accountFinally, a dating app for finding people as lazy as you areWhy 2019 was the year of Dark ModeAway CEO resigns after her internal Slack messages were publishedBanksy unveils Christmas artwork drawing attention to homelessnessFinding your chill in VR is easy when you can meditate on MarsMaisie Williams thinks she looks like an emoji and she's sort of rightThe internet reacts to Elon Musk's trial win by calling him 'pedo guy'Stack so many Kohl’s sale codes your head will spinJ.K. Rowling slams International Women's Day trolls in 1 perfect tweetWhy 2019 was the year of Dark ModeHubble offers the most perfect view of a gorgeous spiral galaxy The Review’s Review: Don Carlo and the Abuse of Power by Krithika Varagur Mozart in Motion by Patrick Mackie My Ugly Bathroom by Sarah Miller Apple has sold 200,000 Vision Pro headsets, report says NYT's The Mini crossword answers for January 30 Faust and the Risk of Desire by Adam Kirsch The Dust by Christopher Chang Announcing Our Summer Issue by Emily Stokes Lucky rocket just left Trump's America behind “Then Things Went Bad”: How I Won $264 at Preakness by Tarpley Hitt SpaceX's most recent rocket landing looks so sci Government scientists are caught between new gag order and their own ethics policies Mysterious Twitter account steps forward to lead the National Park resistance The Playoffs: A Dispatch by Rachel B. Glaser Hauntingly beautiful images emerge from deadly ice storms Scientists are catching sea turtles 'rodeo style' for an important reason The Badlands Twitter account is the ultimate climate rebel A Coiled Spring by Mary Gaitskill Americans Abroad by Andrew Martin Elon Musk's Neuralink has implanted a brain chip in a human for the first time
1.5514s , 10194 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【an erotice tale of ms dracula】,Charm Information Network