The false alarm in Hawaii revealed an abdication of leadership by Trump
The least trump or his team could have done was to tweet out a message saying the Feds would investigate and ensure no more False alarms went out!!
The false alarm in Hawaii revealed an abdication of leadership by Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/01/14/the-false-alarm-in-hawaii-revealed-an-abdication-of-leadership-by-trump/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.0a661a6395d2
By Philip Bump January 14 at 9:24 AM
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.......................According to a timeline released by the state, the alert was triggered at 8:07 a.m. local time when, during an internal drill, an employee hit the wrong button. For 13 minutes it went uncorrected, until the emergency management agency sent an update on social media.
Over the ensuing hours, a number of people have relayed their experience after receiving the incorrect message. Near panic. Comforting children while worrying about loved ones. Confusion and uncertainty from officials. In the absence of other information, cobbling together what evidence they could for whether they would survive the day.
Many reported first hearing that the alert was a mistake from the Twitter account of Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii).
Her tweet went out within about 15 minutes of the false alarm to her 174,000 followers. She was probably the first well-known authority figure to inform the public that there was no need to panic. News outlets picked up that clarification and spread it widely.
This, by contrast, was President Trump’s first tweet after the incorrect alert went out.
It was sent more than three hours after the alert went out. As you can see, it has nothing to do with the alert. Those who follow Trump on Twitter — 46.6 million of them — haven’t been given any information about what happened on Saturday at all.
The White House did release a statement, well after the alert was revealed to be incorrect.
“The President has been briefed on the state of Hawaii’s emergency management exercise,” it read. “This was purely a state exercise.”...............................................................
.........It’s also hard to imagine that Trump didn’t make the situation more stressful in another way. His constant prodding of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dramatically increased the sense that a missile might actually be launched at Hawaii from that nation. During the past 12 months, we’ve learned a lot more about what North Korea can do, and we’ve heard experts describe Trump’s response as exacerbating, not lessening, the possibility of conflict.
The result is that there was actually one message Trump sent to Hawaiians on Saturday.
You’re on your own.
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We know we're on our own as far as shithole is concerned.
Mahalo for the report, rivers!
