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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
SHRED
(28,136 posts)And he doesn't care.
treestar
(82,383 posts)playing golf? OMG if one more R every mentions Obama and golfing . . . . .
Throck
(2,520 posts)It's eternal with publicans.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)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.