Discussion: Trump Tweets About Puerto Rico's Debt: Island In 'Deep Trouble' After Irma

What a thoughtful, stirring IInspirational leader!.At one of the most difficult times in their history, the citizens of Puerto Rico must also deal with an unqualified mental patient to aid their recovery from natural disaster.Sad.

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There’s only one explanation for this, and that’s the fact that the current occupant knows the only thing standing between him and federal prison is the segment of this society that’s the most ignorant, prejudiced, and viciously cruel. They want to see him using his power to act out their rage-filled fantasies of revenge against the brown-skinned Other. If not for that, a nation as rich as we are would have been rushing food, water, generators, and emergency medical personnel to its citizens in anything that would float as soon as the storm had passed. Katrina stranded tens of thousands of people. This is three million. I would not have believed this was possible but here we are.

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The British response for their overseas territories in the region. Ships, planes, Royal Marine units, …

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Ladies and gentlemen, the “Churches will take care of them”† President.
†-Although the storm was a Judgment on them–there’s that!

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Can’t argue with you there. Seems to be reaching the point where even some of the De-base-d should be getting fed up with him.

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The only thing that upsets the base base is that he isn’t racist enough.

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You would think that if anyone would be compassionate about debt, it would be a person who had declared bankruptcy numerous times. But he has no capacity for compassion, so he can only spout nonsense about how food, water, and medical supplies “are doing well.”
Ladies and gentlemen, this is America: Great Again.

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It’s racism, pure and simple. Plus they can’t vote and wouldn’t vote for him if they could.

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“Island is in deep trouble”–Project, much? Trump? Naaaah…
“No trouble! No trouble! You’re in trouble!!!”

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His debt is fine–he’s a clever fellow using the law to his advantage. That’s different from other people’s debt, which is OK or terrible depending on how he wants to see it. But it could have been any excuse–he needed to find a qualitative difference between the mainland disaster areas and Puerto Rico to justify the different responses. The fact is debt is irrelevant to the destructive force of winds that take down power lines, ruin crops, or knock out water systems. You can be solvent AF, the wind doesn’t know one way or another. You’re still allowed to have food and water whether your territory has debts or not. And here’s another thing–there’s no private aid group that can do much for three million people on an island. You need the resources of the United States government to help them. The current plan is for a disaster area declaration sometime in October. I wish I were kidding but that’s a fact.

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Some leadership…especially from someone who went bankrupt several times… Maybe North Korea should consider helping Puerto Rico…talk about some positive PR!!!

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The old “I’ve got mine, screw you”

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Maybe Puerto Rico should have a National Knee-In with CNN providing live coverage!

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There’ll be coverage soon enough. Finally front page on CNN. Three million U.S. citizens without water or food—eventually that attracts some notice. :rage:

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I watched CNN last night, even they had trouble getting there.My employer (a multi-national organization) is having a drive for PR - just like we had one for Houston and Florida. The issue is getting there and setting up the infrastructure. We need the military to go in hard. Navy, Army, Marines. They are all equipped to offer aid and have the means to access and remain on the island.

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There’ll be an outcry once people realize how bad things are. But a lot of crucial time will have been lost. In the meantime anyone who can will get out of Puerto Rico—people are sleeping at the airport, waiting for flights. And there’ll be investigations of why the response was so slow and anemic.

Fallows was talking recently about how Trump has been teaching us the difference between shock and surprise. He continues to shock us, shock our consciences. But it stopped being surprising a long time ago.

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AMERICA

ROSALIA
Puerto Rico,
You lovely island . . .
Island of tropical breezes.
Always the pineapples growing,
Always the coffee blossoms blowing . . .

ANITA
Puerto Rico . . .
You ugly island . . .
Island of tropic diseases.
Always the hurricanes blowing,
Always the population growing . . .
And the money owing,
And the babies crying,
And the bullets flying.
I like the island Manhattan.
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!

OTHERS
I like to be in America!
O.K. by me in America!
Ev’rything free in America
For a small fee in America!

ROSALIA
I like the city of San Juan.

ANITA
I know a boat you can get on.

ROSALIA
Hundreds of flowers in full bloom.

ANITA
Hundreds of people in each room!

ALL
Automobile in America,
Chromium steel in America,
Wire-spoke wheel in America,
Very big deal in America!

ROSALIA
I’ll drive a Buick through San Juan.

ANITA
If there’s a road you can drive on.

ROSALIA
I’ll give my cousins a free ride.

ANITA
How you get all of them inside?

ALL
Immigrant goes to America,
Many hellos in America;
Nobody knows in America
Puerto Rico’s in America!

ROSALIA
I’ll bring a T.V. to San Juan.

ANITA
If there a current to turn on!

ROSALIA
I’ll give them new washing machine.

ANITA
What have they got there to keep clean?

ALL
I like the shores of America!
Comfort is yours in America!
Knobs on the doors in America,
Wall-to-wall floors in America!

ROSALIA
When I will go back to San Juan.

ANITA
When you will shut up and get gone?

ROSALIA
Everyone there will give big cheer!

ANITA
Everyone there will have moved here!

Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
© 1956, 1957 Amberson Holdings LLC and Stephen Sondheim.

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How long until Paul “The Vulture” Singer buys up all of the debt and then sues Puerto Rico in Federal Court to garnish any federal disaster relief appropriated by CONgress? Of course he’ll be hailed as a Master Business Genius on the cover of every business magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Fox Business Channel and CNBC…

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“Sorry that tree fell on your house. Your furniture was getting kinda ratty, though. Plus, I heard you missed a mortgage payment last month.”

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