When natural disasters hit, past presidents addressed the human toll

[billh58]

Unlike former presidents who focused on the human toll of a disaster, the current Oval Office occupant did absolutely nothing to give aid and comfort to the victims of Harvey.

Little of that high-minded rhetoric was on display when President Trump visited Texas on Tuesday to discuss the devastation from Hurricane Harvey. Trump, who ran on a promise of being a different kind of president, once again kept that promise.

He made virtually no mention of the storm’s victims, and there was no indication he met with any. He didn’t call for donations or volunteers. He didn’t mourn the dead.

Instead, Trump marveled at the size of Harvey (“it’s epic, what happened”), gushed about the crowd that had gathered to see him (“what a turnout”), offered hyperbole about the recovery effort (it will be “something very special”), and thanked his FEMA administrator (“a man who has really become very famous on television over the last couple of days”).

At one point he told a crowd in Corpus Christi — some carrying Trump regalia and chanting “U.S.A., U.S.A.” — that “we are here to take care of you, it’s going well.” And he added later that “Texas can handle anything.”

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/when-natural-disasters-hit-past-presidents-addressed-the-human-toll/ar-AAqY8Ko?li=BBnb7Kz&OCID=MF11KM

The shit gibbon of a sub-human does not care about anything but himself, and he makes it obvious in everything he does (or doesn't do).

[RandySF]

1. "Thoughts and prayers" are Republicans' actions these days.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. He's bizarre. I wonder if any of his minions tried to brief him about what to say -

but what kind of a person wouldn't know what to say without being briefed (that's a rhetorical question; we all know what kind of a person that would be)? Almost any random person off the street would sincerely comment on the plight of the people who lost everything and the people who died, and would express appreciation for the volunteers and the first responders. Not Trump. He's ... unique.

[dalton99a]

3. More proof to the world of his stupidity and uselessness