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struggle4progress

(118,286 posts)
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 11:53 AM Sep 2017

Lashing out at San Juans mayor

By Aaron Blake
September 30 at 8:27 AM

... Anybody who is surprised at this from a president who attacked a former prisoner of war for being a prisoner war, criticized a Gold Star family and made fun of a reporter's physical disability has a short memory. This is who Trump is ...

...In three tweets, Trump has moved a simmering .. story .. to the front burner. He decided to attack a sympathetic character and turn this into a partisan political debate. Cruz is pleading for help ... Trump .. told her to stop complaining. He's .. arguing that somebody .. in charge of saving lives is somehow more interested in politics. That's a stunning charge ...

... He has repeatedly talked about what a tough state the island was in to begin with — as if to shift blame. He has talked repeatedly about how Puerto Rico is an island "in the middle of the ocean" .. to temper expectations. He has even talked about how Puerto Rico might be made to repay the cost of its recovery. And he's decided to take a weekend at his golf club in New Jersey .. as the scope of .. problems .. is growing ...

... Puerto Rico is a legacy issue for Trump .. that .. could color views of him for years or decades to come ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/30/trump-doesnt-get-it-on-puerto-rico-he-just-proved-it-by-lashing-out-at-san-juans-mayor/?utm_term=.d899ccfa4191

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Lashing out at San Juans mayor (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2017 OP
Dump is a shitstain on society SHRED Sep 2017 #1
He is looking REALLY bad now treestar Sep 2017 #2
Bush was neglecting Puerto Rican infrastructure as far back as his regime. Throck Sep 2017 #3
Dumpy never misses an opportunity COLGATE4 Sep 2017 #4

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
4. Dumpy never misses an opportunity
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 12:06 PM
Sep 2017

to miss an opportunity. Here he had a chance to actually show some leadership but instead runs true to form, insisting that the whole P.R. tragedy is "about him". He's an infantile egomaniac who is ONLY interested in one thing- Donald Trump. It's going to be a very long 3.5 years.

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