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Jeremy Wallace
Oct. 18, 2019
Updated: Oct. 18, 2019 5:03 p.m.
President Donald Trump called a potential coastal spine system to protect Houston and its shipping channels a crazy thing and scoffed at the price tag on Thursday.
During his campaign rally at the American Airline Center in Dallas, Trump said he gave billions and billions of dollars already to the state for Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts.
You made a fortune on the hurricane, Trump said of Hurricane Harvey, which devastated Houston and much of Southeast Texas in 2017, killing more than 100 people and destroying or damaging more than 100,000 homes ...
U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher said on Twitter that Trumps comments are not a surprise. It is a sign of his lack of empathy, of understanding and interest. He has never bothered to understand what actually happened, or what we need to recover ...
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Trump-says-Texas-made-a-fortune-on-14544214.php
Skittles
(153,193 posts)Ohiogal
(32,057 posts)still support this idiot? Is there any group, state, or person he hasnt insulted yet?
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)800,000 Iowans answer: "As stupid as you need us to be, sir!"
struggle4progress
(118,338 posts)John T. Bennett
... Trumps vision of America this time, without him as its president is dark and scary. Theres also a cynical streak to his message, which also was on display when Mulvaney told reporters this as he jetted to Texas: Get over it. Theres going to be political influence in foreign policy.
Elections have consequences ...
To hear the president tell it, the impeachment inquiry like former Special Counsel Robert Mueller IIIs Russia election meddling probe before it is just part of a never-ending conspiracy to take him down ...
A Trump 2020 campaign official earlier this week made clear the president and his team are building a reelection operation aimed at winning the turnout battle. The official boasted about an increase in voter registrations on the campaigns website and Republican Party platforms ...
Democratic candidates and lawmakers are betting otherwise, describing to voters a corrupt, out-for-only-himself president who ignores the law and tries to get foreign governments to help him win an election at home. Some Republicans remain confident their turnout-based strategy will work ...
https://www.rollcall.com/news/whitehouse/trumps-big-night-big-d-three-takeaways-overthrow-rally-dallas
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Everything is about money for him. He is completely blind to human suffering and loss.
There are no words in the English language to describe the depths of my hatred for him.
*I* gave billions.... he says....
No, Donnie Dipshit. Congress appropriated the tax dollars. YOU had nothing to do with it.
And nobody made a fortune on their devastating losses, either. But then Donnie Dipshit doesnt deal in facts. He spews out the lies like diarrhea and his worshipers lap it up.
JDC
(10,133 posts)Dumb asses.
Takket
(21,625 posts)Like.... if your home is destroyed, and your insurance company pays for $250k to rebuild it.... you didn't "make" $250k. You made $0 and lost all your items of sentimental value to boot.
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)Donald collected $17 million for "hurricane damage" at mar a lago that never happened.
So he made money off a hurricane and he thinks everyone else is as crooked as he is.
https://apnews.com/1fefeef4a4e84fa4af6441f4b6d221f0
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Donald Trump said he received a $17 million insurance payment in 2005 for hurricane damage to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, but The Associated Press found little evidence of such large-scale damage.
Two years after a series of storms, the real estate tycoon said he didnt know how much had been spent on repairs but acknowledged he pocketed some of the money. Trump transferred funds into his personal accounts, saying that under the terms of his policy, you didnt have to reinvest it.
In a deposition in an unrelated civil lawsuit, Trump said he got the cash from a very good insurance policy and cited ongoing work to the historic home.
more at link
susanr516
(1,425 posts)My check from TWIA was 24K short of what it actually cost to repair my home after Hurricane Harvey. TWIA is the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, which the 14 coastal TX counties (plus a portion of Harris County) are forced to purchase insurance for wind damage (if you have a mortgage.) It's highway robbery. In order to get a home loan, I'm forced to buy both a regular homeowner's policy plus a windstorm policy. The homeowner's policy is $730 per year. Windstorm insurance is a whopping $2200 (that's not a typo) every year, and my home is right at the median price range here.
If you live in the 239 other counties (+the rest of Harris County) and suffer wind damage from a tornado, your homeowner's insurance covers it. If a tornado (which rarely happens here) hits my house, I have to file through TWIA, which has a higher deductible than my homeowner's policy.
There are a lot of Texas homeowners who have to carry 3 policies: Homeowner's, TWIA windstorm, and FEMA flood insurance. (My home is located outside any flood plain.) I can't imagine how much all 3 costs. I dare trump to go to Houston and make that speech.