Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory island of Puerto Rico. We've known for days that the entire island is without electric power; and it's not expected to be restored for at least six months, because the electric grid itself was destroyed. Even those with their own generators are now running out of fuel to run them.
After an initial response, President Trump then went three days without even a tweet mention of Puerto Rico. And then on Monday, he went on a twitter rant against the near-bankrupt government, saying that they are in "deep trouble" due to "broken infrastructure and massive debt." Then he added that they still owe "millions to Wall Street."
To be fair, the president did approve a declaration of emergency on Sept. 17th, and FEMA is helping. But, rather than at least contriving to appear compassionate, as he did with the victims of Harvey and Irma, Trump sounds irritated with the victims of Maria. Could it be that they speak Spanish? That they were already on the verge of bankruptcy . . . i.e., "losers," in Trump-speak?
Puerto Rico may have had ineffective, maybe even corrupt, governments that kept them poor. But now is not the time to be a scold. Does he even know that Puerto Ricans are American citizens?
Ralph
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