Mexico plans aid for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

[TZucchini]

She is just wanting to complain and blame someone else. That’s what people like her do, point fingers and don’t accept responsibility when things go awry.

Accept responsibility for a hurricane destroying the entire island? This disaster clearly requires a strong federal response. It's been lukewarm at best. She has no local resources to do much at all (everything is destroyed, remember). So should she just smile for the cameras and pretend everything is OK?

Point fingers? I haven't seen Trump wading into flood waters...

[melodramocracy]

Sorry Mexico, you've got a wall to pay for.

[Allybeboba]

Accept responsibility for a hurricane destroying the entire island? This disaster clearly requires a strong federal response. It's been lukewarm at best. She has no local resources to do much at all (everything is destroyed, remember). So should she just smile for the cameras and pretend everything is OK?

Point fingers? I haven't seen Trump wading into flood waters...

Is the PotUS a mayor?

I don’t recall Obama doing that either. Or Bush, or Clinton, or Reagan or Carter, or...

[TEHPALLYTANK]

Comparing Hurricane Maria to Katrina is almost laughable. The left just wants this to be Trumps G.W. moment, but it's not even close. 16 people died during Maria which is sad but doesn't come in the same universe as the 1,833 killed during Katrina, not to mention it affected almost the entire southern coast of the U.S. compared to a medium sized island.

The comparison most people are making is the weak Federal response, not the death toll. The only ones trying to make the comparison about death toll, are people who are trying to score political points for Trump.

[Independent voter]

Remember the earthquake in Haiti? Within two weeks of that incident the US responded with: 33 U.S. military ships, 22,000 soldiers, 300 military helicopters.

Eight days after Maria hit Puerto Rico: 4,400 US troops, 40 military helicopters.

And Haiti isn't even a US territory, with US citizens.

That's because if we didn't help Haiti we would've had thousands maybe hundreds of thousands of Haitian refugees flooding into the US.

[zenkai]

Less than 50% of the island currently has access to potable water. Less than 10% of the island has electricity. I'm not sure if you have been following the news, but there's a massive distribution problem.



"The Mayor has customized t-shirts! That means the whole island is OK!"



Honestly, I will never understand the rage-boner that you have against the MSM. It's a really weird fetish.

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We're helping, but it's been fairly anemic.

Remember the earthquake in Haiti? Within two weeks of that incident the US responded with: 33 U.S. military ships, 22,000 soldiers, 300 military helicopters.

Eight days after Maria hit Puerto Rico: 4,400 US troops, 40 military helicopters.

And Haiti isn't even a US territory, with US citizens.

You do realize there was 2 other major Hurricanes prior, right?

[TZucchini]

Is the PotUS a mayor?

Your representation of the mayor as someone that only pointing fingers and blaming others is asinine. Trump's the one starting Twitter wars with the entire island of Puerto Rico while he spends his weekends golfing. Meanwhile, the mayor is literally wading through flood waters, and you're blaming her of "pointing fingers". It's just not accurate. At all.

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You do realize there was 2 other major Hurricanes prior, right?

Yeah, that could certainly contribute to the anemic response in Puerto Rico. But it doesn't excuse it entirely. Helicopters, ships, and troops are all available for deployment.

[CostinR]

Heavy lifting???? Mexico is sending a pittance.

He's a troll who likes to post provocative stuff just get people riled up.

Don't bother.

[Allybeboba]

Your representation of the mayor as someone that only pointing fingers and blaming others is asinine. Trump's the one starting Twitter wars with the entire island of Puerto Rico while he spends his weekends golfing. Meanwhile, the mayor is literally wading through flood waters, and you're blaming her of "pointing fingers". It's just not accurate. At all.

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Yeah, that could certainly contribute to the anemic response in Puerto Rico. But it doesn't excuse it entirely. Helicopters, ships, and troops are all available for deployment.

You are not going to get me defending the PotUS’s tweets.

I wouldn’t call 15,000 Federal workers an anemic response.

[unbound]

Many countries send aid to the US after natural disasters, and they have for a very long time. You just haven't heard about it from the US media unless you dig fairly deep.