Trump says Puerto Rico death toll inflated by Democrats: '3000 people did not die'

[Cyber Liberty]

Pres. Trump:  "Okay...so when I left the island you had recorded sixteen (16) people lost their lives.  We understand with power outages and some infrastructure to be cleared, that figure was confirmed to be sixty-eight (68) souls lost.  So we'll agree that our original figure was off by seventy-five percent (75%)"

Puerto Rico Official: "Mr. President, sir... we have some bad news.  I'm ashamed to admit but we were way off on those numbers of deaths due to Agnes".

Pres. Trump:  "What do you mean, 'we're way off?  Off where?   Do you have a list of names and what about habeus corpus...WTF are the bodies?  Okay...so what the number now, twice as much?  136?"   

Puerto Rico Official:  "No sir we must go QUITE A BIT HIGHER!"

Pres. Trump:  "What??  Okay, I'm laughing here, what is it?  Ten times higher? 680 people died?  Is that it??"

PRO:  [starting to shake]  "Sir.  Much, much higher!  Higher!"

PT:  "I'm getting a little suspicious here...I mean, where are the lists....the bodies?   How much higher damnit?  TWENTY DAMNED TIMES??

1,360 !!!""

PRO: "Higher sir!........"

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It's 46 times the original confirmed death toll.

It's getting that we cannot believe ANYTHING the media says about ANYTHING!

"Getting to be?"   

[Frank Cannon]

Just found the formula they used to come up with 3K dead....

[XenaLee]

If the Puerto Rican PTBs can't even be depended on to get the hurricane aid supplies to hurricane victims.... how the hell can they be counted on to come up with an accurate death toll?

[DCPatriot]

If the Puerto Rican PTBs can't even be depended on to get the hurricane aid supplies to hurricane victims.... how the hell can they be counted on to come up with an accurate death toll?

How many Puerto Ricans fled to Florida before the storm?  They stay on the mainland and they're counted as 'dead'?

[kidd]

What an idiot. 

I agree.

It would have been best if Trump didn't say anything.
Nobody would blame him for 3000 deaths anymore than they would blame him for 18 deaths.

Now he's on the defensive and it only draws attention to anything he might have failed to do.

Idiot.

[Cyber Liberty]

I agree.

It would have been best if Trump didn't say anything.
Nobody would blame him for 3000 deaths anymore than they would blame him for 18 deaths.

Now he's on the defensive and it only draws attention to anything he might have failed to do.

Idiot.

 

I knew there was something extra-idiotic about this but couldn't quite put my finger on it.  Thanks, you just did...

[Formerly Once-Ler]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1040730663832498176

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

“They say all these people died in the storm in Puerto Rico, yet 70% of the power was out before the storm. So when did people start dying? At what point do you recognize that what they are doing is a political agenda couched in the nice language of journalism?”  @GeraldoRivera
3:35 PM - 14 Sep 2018

Better to be talking about this than Manafort and prison.

[Fishrrman]

When it comes down to Mr. Trump or the governor of Puerto Rico... I know whom I'm believin'...

[Formerly Once-Ler]

I wonder how many people died from dehydration for want of some of that?

A lot!  Who is in charge here?  Did Trump let them die?  Did the deep state let them die?  Did the rats make it all up?  Where was the media?  I know I can't trust the fake news, and Trump can't tell the truth even if it helps him.  I'm getting pissed.  Somebody needs to pay for this mismanagement.  Who is to blame?

[sneakypete]

@Once-Ler

A lot!  Who is in charge here?

 

The Governor of Puerto Rico. You could at least TRY to follow along.

Did Trump let them die?

No. He is busy working for America,not some little piss ant 3rd world island.

   

I'm getting pissed.  Somebody needs to pay for this mismanagement.  Who is to blame?

You could at least TRY to pay attention. It's the Governor of PR,where the official PR mottor is "Iz not my yob,man!" I think that is even on their flag. If not,it should be.

[Cyber Liberty]

A lot!  Who is in charge here?  Did Trump let them die?  Did the deep state let them die?  Did the rats make it all up?  Where was the media?  I know I can't trust the fake news, and Trump can't tell the truth even if it helps him.  I'm getting pissed.  Somebody needs to pay for this mismanagement.  Who is to blame?

Who is to blame?  The local authorities in PR.  Trump and FEMA did all they could do, but ultimately responsibility has to fall to those on the ground for getting the provisions into the hands of the afflicted.  Blaming Trump for the water fiasco is the same as saying "Bush hates black people" after Katrina.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Who is to blame?  The local authorities in PR.  Trump and FEMA did all they could do, but ultimately responsibility has to fall to those on the ground for getting the provisions into the hands of the afflicted.  Blaming Trump for the water fiasco is the same as saying "Bush hates black people" after Katrina.

So FEMA can drop off water at an airstrip and their job is done?  What exactly did FEMA and Trump do?  Trump says it's an unsung success story but refuses to sing about it.

[DCPatriot]

Who is to blame?  The local authorities in PR.  Trump and FEMA did all they could do, but ultimately responsibility has to fall to those on the ground for getting the provisions into the hands of the afflicted.  Blaming Trump for the water fiasco is the same as saying "Bush hates black people" after Katrina.

It's as you say...PR authorities should have had a handle on distribution, or at least gathering manpower/transportation for when supplies arrive.

Instead they were any car owner standing on the side of the road while the tow truck operator somehow gets your vehicle up on that flatbed.   

[mountaineer]

So FEMA can drop off water at an airstrip and their job is done?  What exactly did FEMA and Trump do?  Trump says it's an unsung success story but refuses to sing about it.

Whenever it's flooded in my area,  FEMA came in and helped people with the paperwork to get assistance.  They didn't distribute bottled water. Locals, whether govt or volunteers,  did that.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Whenever it's flooded in my area,  FEMA came in and helped people with the paperwork to get assistance.  They didn't distribute bottled water. Locals, whether govt or volunteers,  did that.

I'm no expert on PR or FEMA, but I can't help thinking America expected more from them.  As I understand it parts of PR were without electricity for 11 months...Does FEMA ever follow up on this stuff, evaluate what was effective and what wasn't.  I'm sorry, but dropping off water and washing their hands of the rest does not sound like an unsung success story.

[skeeter]

So FEMA can drop off water at an airstrip and their job is done?  What exactly did FEMA and Trump do?  Trump says it's an unsung success story but refuses to sing about it.

Yep. Drop off water AND process 462257 individual assistance applications, provide 1.2 billion dollars to individual PR households & 3.7 billion more in public assistance grants.

If FEMA can be faulted at all its that their estimates for potential disaster assistance were off, there were other hurricanes in the area prior to Maria that had already stretched their capacity.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Here is the GAO report on 2017 disasters.
https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/694231.pdf

I'd be lying if I said I call this a "success"

[Cyber Liberty]

So FEMA can drop off water at an airstrip and their job is done?  What exactly did FEMA and Trump do?  Trump says it's an unsung success story but refuses to sing about it.

You forgot to highlight the other part of my post.

... ultimately responsibility has to fall to those on the ground for getting the provisions into the hands of the afflicted.

Final distribution has to be done by local authorities.  They know best where the needs are.  I certainly would not want the feds deciding where the final nodes of delivery are.  FEMA cannot be held responsible when the locals refuse to do so properly, not in PR nor in NOLA.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

You forgot to highlight the other part of my post.

I quoted it all.  I highlighted the part I found interesting "Trump and FEMA did all they could do"

Final distribution has to be done by local authorities.  They know best where the needs are.  I certainly would not want the feds deciding where the final nodes of delivery are.  FEMA cannot be held responsible when the locals refuse to do so properly, not in PR nor in NOLA.

So big success, yeah?

[Cyber Liberty]

I quoted it all.  I highlighted the part I found interesting "Trump and FEMA did all they could do"

Was the part you highlighted untrue?  You are acting like FEMA and Trump could have done more, so please list what more they should have done.  Be specific.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Was the part you highlighted untrue?  You are acting like FEMA and Trump could have done more, so please list what more they should have done.  Be specific.

To be fair President Trump did visit Puerto Rico 13 days after the disaster for about 4 hours.  He told the press that the emergency efforts were "nothing short of miraculous" and was thankful that the cat 5 hurricane wasn't a "real catastrophe like Katrina."  He then castigated the victims of hurricane Maria for throwing the "budget out of wack."  Then he lobbed some paper towels into a crowd.

I can't get inside President Trumps vacuous brain...but I see a man who wanted to believe something, his ego was challenged by the mayor of San Juan, who told us people were dying before Trump visited, and during the visit, and after the visit, but President Trump had already committed to his tweets and it's not like those brown people can vote.

HELP!!!  WE ARE DYING HERE.  MAYDAY!!!  I'M BEGGING!!! PLEASE!!! Said the mayor of San Juan till she was bleeding out of her whatever.

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The dead know President Trump does not take criticism well, and yes I think a real President...a good President could have done more than tweet and point fingers.

This does not look miraculous to me.



President Trump sees an unsung success story.  Do you agree?

Sadly nobody was in charge and up to the task of saving lives...but you have assured me that Trump and FEMA did all they could do and FEMA cannot be held responsible Thank you Sean Hannity, and Thank You President Trump for assuring me those people aren't really dead.  #MAGA

[sneakypete]

To be fair President Trump did visit Puerto Rico 13 days after the disaster for about 4 hours.  He told the press that the emergency efforts were "nothing short of miraculous" and was thankful that the cat 5 hurricane wasn't a "real catastrophe like Katrina."  He then castigated the victims of hurricane Maria for throwing the "budget out of wack."  Then he lobbed some paper towels into a crowd.

I can't get inside President Trumps vacuous brain...but I see a man who wanted to believe something, his ego was challenged by the mayor of San Juan, who told us people were dying before Trump visited, and during the visit, and after the visit, but President Trump had already committed to his tweets and it's not like those brown people can vote.

HELP!!!  WE ARE DYING HERE.  MAYDAY!!!  I'M BEGGING!!! PLEASE!!! Said the mayor of San Juan till she was bleeding out of her whatever.

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The dead know President Trump does not take criticism well, and yes I think a real President...a good President could have done more than tweet and point fingers.

This does not look miraculous to me.



President Trump sees an unsung success story.  Do you agree?

Sadly nobody was in charge and up to the task of saving lives...but you have assured me that Trump and FEMA did all they could do and FEMA cannot be held responsible Thank you Sean Hannity, and Thank You President Trump for assuring me those people aren't really dead.  #MAGA

@Once-Ler

You stupid,a professional liar,or both.

[Cyber Liberty]

@Once-Ler Specifics, please.  A list of what Trump and FEMA can do better, remember?

[Formerly Once-Ler]

@Once-Ler Specifics, please.  A list of what Trump and FEMA can do better, remember?

Oh no.  I made my case already. @Cyber Liberty

[Formerly Once-Ler]

TFW you have 3 mentions and their all from blocked @sneakypete .  Sorry Pete...maybe next month.