Former administration officials say Trump deliberately denied funds to states he deemed politically hostile
Donald Trump deliberately withheld disaster aid to states he deemed politically hostile to him as US president and will do so again unimpeded if he returns to the White House, several former Trump administration officials have warned.
As Hurricane Helene and then Hurricane Milton have ravaged much of the south-eastern US in the past two weeks, Trump has sought to pin blame upon Joe Biden’s administration for a ponderous response to the disasters, even suggesting that this was deliberate due to the number of Republican voters affected by the storms.
But former Trump administration officials have said the former president, when in office, initially refused to release federal disaster aid for wildfires in California in 2018, withheld wildfire assistance for Washington state in 2020, and severely restricted emergency relief to Puerto Rico in the wake of the devastating Hurricane Maria in 2017 because he felt these places were not sufficiently supportive of him.
The revelations, first reported upon by E&E News, have raised major doubts over what Trump’s response to disasters would be should he win next month’s presidential election. The former president has already been criticized for his role in spreading misinformation about Helene and Milton that has allegedly slowed the disaster response and even led to online death threats against Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) staff and meteorologists.
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I’m just appalled at this behavior, it’s absolutely crazy to me how quickly he somehow normalized the idea of withholding emergency funds in the wake of disaster. Asshole claims to love this country but it couldn’t be further from the truth. The fact that so many people eat this shit up blindly (or worse, with open eyes) is a sobering reminder of how fucked we are. He can’t even speak coherently, yet he’s the best suited to run this country?! He bankrupted casinos ffs, he shouldn’t be in control of anything. This is all old news though, the disappointment never seems to fade ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nasty old man who hurts everyone will be a nasty old man who hurts everyone, warns expert tautologists.
So, the people who were next to him knew he was doing this, but waited until he was out of office to tell people?
They expect fire fighters and nurses to put their lives on the line on a dialy basis, but their jobs are vitally important.
weren’t replublicans blocking disaster funding increases this year too?
It’s always projection with this asshole. He says Biden isn’t sending aid to Southern states, because he wouldn’t send aid to Northern states. Fuck this guy with a pineapple
