This week, Donald Trump tried to portray himself as the Hero of Puerto Rico, lauding FEMA and the federal governments response to Hurricane Maria as the "best ever," maybe even better than the "A+" grades he got for the hurricanes that hit Texas and Florida.
His style got crimped a bit when people pointed out that the official death toll now being attributed to Maria was nearly 3000, most of them killed in the aftermath of the event due to disease and lack of power and water, all matters handled in a bumbling manner by the Federal Government's relief efforts.
Its taken a couple of days (!), but Trump finally as an answer for his critics: they're lying, part of a plot specifically to make him, Donald Trump, look bad.
❝ 3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000… ❞ [1]
❝ …..This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico! ❞ [2]
Donald Trump, it seems, is the one, true victim of Hurricane Maria.
I can't even.
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[1] https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1040217897703026689
[2] https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1040220855400386560
Trump says Hurricane Maria death toll number was made up by Democrats | US news | The Guardian
See? He's not lying. Those people weren't killed by the hurricane. They were killed by the results of the hurricane. Totally different thing. MAGA!
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