Dick of the Century

No, make that millenium. Shit for Brains went to Puerto Rico.

"I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack, because we've spent a lot of money on Puerto Rico," Trump said.

He quickly added: "That's fine — we've saved a lot of lives."

Trump went on to compare the devastation in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria last month to that of Hurricane Katrina in the continental US in 2005, saying relatively few people had died as a result of the storm and ensuing loss of power, destruction of infrastructure, and widespread flooding.

"Every death is a horror," Trump said, "but if you look at a real catastrophe like Katrina, and you look at the tremendous — hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with really a storm that was just totally overpowering ... and what is your death count?"

Gov. Ricardo Rossello, seated beside the president, said there had been 16 confirmed deaths on the island, a number that is expected to rise.

"Sixteen people versus in the thousands," Trump said. "You can be very proud."

  Business Insider

JFC.

NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell tweeted that, during their short encounter on the island, [San Juan Mayor Carmen] Cruz told Trump “it’s not about politics” and that “Trump didn’t answer then pointedly ignored her.”

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At one location, toured the Cavalry Chapel, in south-east San Juan, he started tossing some supply items into the crowd, according to the White House pool report.

Shaking hands with people in the crowd, the report reads, “picked up a can of tinned chicken breast and held it aloft for the crowd to see.”

“He handed one man in the crowd a pack of batteries.”

Then, as his wife followed him: “he held up a flashlight and showed it to the crowd, shaking hands the whole time.”

“Trump kept picking up items from tables laden with supplies, showing them to the crowd and handing them to people with outstretched hands. ‘There’s a lot of love in this room,’ the president said. ‘Great people.’”

  Guardian

Good god.

“This has been the toughest one, this has been a category five, which few people have ever even heard of,” Trump says.

  Guardian

Mad cow. It must be. Number 1) Who hasn't heard of a category five hurricane? Number 2) Maria hit Puerto Rico at category 4.

“Your governor, he’s not even from my party and he started right at the beginning appreciating what we’ve been doing. He’s been tremendously supportive.”

“Right from the beginning this governor did not play politics. He was calling it like it was,” Trump continues. “He was giving us the highest grades, and on behalf of our country I want to thank you.”

“I also want to thank you congresswoman,” he continues, reading Jenniffer González-Colón’s name off a piece of paper. He says he “watched [her] the other day” and was happy to hear what she was saying.

“It’s not about me and it’s about these incredible people from the military to FEMA and the first responders.”

It's not about him. Really. Infuckingcredible. It's ONLY about him.

Only 6.89% of the island has power and only 45% has potable water. In Puerto Rico’s north, on 13% has safe water. Flights are running at 25% capacity, and only 27% of ATMs are operating. More than 9,400 people are still in shelters around the territory. Much of the island has little to no capacity to communicate – meaning people do not know where to deliver supplies or how to get them.

And the crisis is one that exacerbates with time: in 80-90F heat, with large areas of stagnant, often polluted water, health risks like mosquito-borne illnesses multiply.

  Guardian

Trump praised Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Tuesday, saying he wasn't "playing politics" -- an apparent swipe at San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, with whom he has publicly feuded over the past several days.

"I just want to tell you that right from the beginning this governor was not playing politics," Trump said as he huddled with local and federal officials on the island for a briefing on recovery efforts. "He was giving us the highest grades."

  CNN

I see. It's playing politics if you disparage the Trump administration, and not playing politics if you praise it. Got it.

Earlier Tuesday morning, Trump appeared to soften his criticism, saying Yulín Cruz "acknowledged" the work the White House has done on the island.

That's not softening his criticism. That's noting for the record that she has submitted before him.

"Well I think she's come back a long way," he said. "I think it's now acknowledged what a great job we've done. And people are looking at that. In Texas and in Florida, we get an A-plus. I think we've done just as good in Puerto Rico and it's actually a much tougher situation ... Whether it's her or anybody else, they're all starting to say it."

Yes, everybody is saying what a wonderful - Godlike, even - person Herr Dotard is.

“Flashlights,” Trump said to the crowd, handing out the items at an aid center. “You don’t need them anymore!”

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Then, during a tour of the devastation, he told survivors to “have a good time.” “Great to see you,” Trump added.

  TPM

Fucking clueless asshole.

How much more must we endure?