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WASHINGTONFollowing the release of official reports that attributed 2,975 deaths to the 2017 storm instead of the previous estimate of 64, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was revoking a significant amount of funding devoted to Puerto Rico after learning that Hurricane Maria had way fewer survivors. The new data shows that there are substantially less people than we thought who are still alive, which means they dont need as much money to help each of them recover, said Trump, adding that he was slashing the $18.5 billion earmarked for the islands recovery by the Department of Housing and Urban Development by at least $12 billion to $15 billion since now they dont need as much food and houses and stuff. We want to help the people of Puerto Rico recover from this massive, massive storm, but its too late to help people recover if theyre already dead. And, look, Im not saying the people of Puerto Rico were lying to get more money, but its pretty suspicious that they waited until now to tell us how many more people died. At least finding out about the hurricane death toll now means a lot of American money will be saved. Trump added that the people of Puerto Rico should be pleased about the reduced recovery funding, since there would be less U.S. money wasted there the next time a massive hurricane hits.
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Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)I thought it was real, too!!!
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)Got me too! But it sounds real.
hlthe2b
(102,293 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)that's how numb I am...
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)sound exactly like something the orange anus might actually do to our citizens.
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)It's getting harder and harder to tell the difference.
Initech
(100,081 posts)Don't give them any ideas, Onion!