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Army general who fixed Bush’s failure after Katrina warns Trump administration isn’t prepared for Hurricane Florence
Tuesday, President Donald Trump swore that his administration was prepared for Hurricane Florence as it bears down on the east coast. Then again, they said that about Hurricane Maria too. While the government finally acknowledged failure after failure, Trump called the hurricane an “unsung success” story.
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré (ret) was the man sent to New Orleans in wake of President George W. Bush’s failure after Hurricane Katrina.
“What I heard FEMA say was they had 800,000 liters of water,” he said. “If you evacuate a million people, the math don’t work. They have less than half a million meals. They need to stay out of logistics and make sure we’ve got the response ready dealing with assistance from large units like the military to help do the search and rescue.”
" All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force. " — George Orwell.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/406446-trump-questions-death-toll-of-hurricane-in-puerto-rico Trump says Puerto Rico death toll inflated by Democrats: ‘3000 people did not die’ President Trump on Thursday accused Democrats, without evidence, of inflating the 3,000-person death count from last year’s hurricanes in Puerto Rico in order “to make me look bad.” The stunning accusation is Trump’s latest attempt to defend his handling of natural disasters as Hurricane Florence bears down on the southeastern U.S. In a series of tweets, Trump disputed an independent report commissioned by Puerto Rico’s government that raised the death toll from Hurricane Maria to 2,975. “3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths,” Trump tweeted. “As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000.” The president said the number was manufactured “by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico.” “If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!” he added. 3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 13, 2018 …..This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 13, 2018 Trump’s latest comments drew an instant rebuke from San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, who accused the president of minimizing the plight of Puerto Rico. “This is what denial following neglect looks like: Mr Pres in the real world people died on your watch. YOUR LACK OF RESPECT IS APPALLING!” she tweeted. As he prepares for Hurricane Florence, Trump has repeatedly argued that his response to Hurricane Maria was a success, despite the record-high death toll, widespread devastation and power outages and intense criticism from local officials. Trump lives in a fantasy world and the rest of us are made to suffer for his delusions.
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