You Will Anyway: Trump takes the credit for anything good

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Trump takes the credit for anything good

Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s getting billionaire and newly minted MAGA backer Elon Musk to send Starlink satellite terminals to areas reeling from the devastation left by Hurricane Helene—something the White House and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said was already happening.

Speaking at an event in Valdosta, Georgia, Trump said he “just spoke to Elon” after people in the region asked him if it would be possible to sort out a connection to Starlink, which operates a network of 6,000 satellites that beams mobile broadband internet down to earth.

“We want to get Starlink hooked up because they have no communication whatsoever and Elon will always come through,” he added.

Responding to Trump’s remarks, White House senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a post on Musk-owned X: “This is already happening.”

Bates linked to a media release from FEMA, published Sunday, which said that in North Carolina—the state worst hit by Hurricane Helene—“40 Starlink satellite systems are available to help with responder communications and an additional 140 satellites are being shipped to assist with communications infrastructure restoration.”

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Musk, however, confirmed in the early hours of Tuesday morning, in a tweet, that Trump “alerted me to additional people who need Starlink Internet in North Carolina,” suggesting the former president and his team did flag to the company communities in need of assistance. “We are sending them terminals right away,” Musk added.

Daily Beast

Of course.

Biden was in the Oval Office holding a virtual meeting with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper when he was asked by a reporter about Trump baselessly accusing him of ignoring Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s calls. Becoming visibly frustrated, Biden called Trump out for “lying,” and noted that Kemp himself has refuted his fanciful version of events.

“He is lying. Let me get this straight: He is lying, and the governor told me he was lying,” Biden said.

“I don’t know why he does this."

Daily Beast

Sure you do. He's a liar.

"I don’t care about what he says about me, but I care what he communicates to the people that are in need,” continued Biden.

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Trump has been making a similar claim related to hurricane relief: that Democrats have been denying aid to Republican-majority parts of North Carolina. Yet when pressed to support his theory by an NBC News reporter on the ground in Georgia, Trump merely said, “Just take a look.”

Trump’s flimsy-at-best accusations were also on display Monday in a social media post in which he declared that a photograph of Harris being briefed via phone by the director of FEMA was “fake” and “staged.” His reason: “You have to plug the cord into the phone for it to work!”

Harris was using a cellphone.

And you can't have solar energy if the sun isn't shining. And electric batteries on boats won't work if they get wet. Etc., etc.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 07:33 am:

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