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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Silence On California Is Deafening.
We're on fire, I can see one from my house. And nothing. Not a god damn word. There's a special place in hell for him and his supporters.
Leith
(7,809 posts)I wish everyone the best of luck. I wish I could do more. The horror of it is unimaginable.
Initech
(100,079 posts)Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Fuck him
Journeyman
(15,035 posts)kimbutgar
(21,155 posts)He hates California because he lost big here in 2016. He is that petty,
Initech
(100,079 posts)Which will be a good thing.
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)He might even throw you some paper towels.
Retrograde
(10,137 posts)He'll throw marshmallows - what else would you give fire victims? Or cans of gasoline.
Keep safe, everyone up there!
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)CrispyQ
(36,470 posts)In a friendly interview with Mike Huckabee for the Trinity Broadcasting Network, Trump said hes done a great job helping Puerto Rico and was just having fun when he started tossing paper towel rolls at hurricane victims.
There was a crowd of a lot of people and they were screaming and loving everything and I was having fun, Trump said his visit to San Juan Tuesday. They were having fun. They were saying: throw them to me, throw them to me, Mr. President. And so the next day they said, oh, it was so disrespectful to the people. Its just a made up thing.
Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and father of Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, agreed.
You were a rock star, Huckabee said.
In a country that was devastated, he & the Huck made light of it. And republicans still support him. There is a huge segment of our country that has no goddamned clue or just don't fucking care what the words human decency mean.
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)Initech
(100,079 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)laughing and having fun.
forgotmylogin
(7,529 posts)And then walk out, saying "Have a good time!"
CatMor
(6,212 posts)kysrsoze
(6,021 posts)dembotoz
(16,806 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)bdamomma
(63,868 posts)Liberals, again he is showing how he lacks compassion for Americans it can't get any clearer. He did it for Puerto Rico, now it's California, he is soul-less. He can go to hell.
Initech
(100,079 posts)nini
(16,672 posts)We don't need them.
I haven't even given him a thought over this.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)He really is evil.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He doesn't care about hurricane victims, earthquake victims, wildfire victims or victims of insane gunmen. He just doesn't give a shit. If it doesn't affect him personally, it doesn't matter to him. He will never change. Someone might hand him a script to make him sound good, but he will never really care about any of these people. They aren't real to him.
BigmanPigman
(51,604 posts)If he came to CA he would be shown the exit before Airforce One even landed....hey, that isn't a bad idea. I hope the parachute doesn't open.
Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)He could lose what little support he had in California.
CrispyQ
(36,470 posts)CO went for HRC, but huge swaths of our state are red.
spanone
(135,841 posts)so sorry.
Leith
(7,809 posts)It sounds like maybe you will.
Several years ago, there was a fire in San Bernardino County and we had smoke here in southern NV. When we had a wildfire between LV and Pahrump, the smoke was so thick that you couldn't see The Strip from the 215 - which you could ordinarily see clearly any time day or night.
So the smoke where you are must be just awful!
Initech
(100,079 posts)So I'm safe for now but don't know if that will hold or not. It looks like the winds are dying down so that should allow the fire fighters to contain it. But traffic, restaurants and the supermarkets are all affected by this. It's pretty much chaos in Anaheim Hills right now.
Leith
(7,809 posts)Though we all hope not.
Have a bag packed and ready.
Be safe.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Right down the 241 from you in Foothill Ranch. Been through two, 98 and 07, they aren't fun. Main thing is to stay calm and have a great plan to get out. Nothing in your house matters, actually very humbling, everything that really matters fits in the trunk of your car as long as you get your family, neighbors, and pets out early.
Initech
(100,079 posts)Been through it too, it does suck!
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)you guys are having a tough time right now, we are here for support. I love California it's a nice state.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Its his job to lead, and he has a staff that can remind him of these things. But he simply doesn't care about anyone or anything but himself.
Spy Car
(38 posts)calimary
(81,297 posts)Why yes, the poor dear has indeed worn himself out on the links.
Btw - the sky was weird and striped brown all afternoon. Blowing west from Covina and thereabouts. Very creepy. Be safe, everybody.
Spy Car
(38 posts)Imagine trying to golf in such fires.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Plus, isn't California where all the illegals come in?
Oh, yeah, Texas and Arizona too, but they voted TRUMP!
williesgirl
(4,033 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)I'm so sorry you're going through this. You deserve so much better. Good luck with all this.
longship
(40,416 posts)(One only hopes that they are Stay-Puft!)
<-- of course.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)It's now.
But look who's in charge.
Initech
(100,079 posts)Skittles
(153,164 posts)America is fucked as long as that piece of shit is "president"
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)are on their own. That stupid POS isn't going to help anyone, he is a threat to himself and others.
citizen blues
(570 posts)Not a big surprise.
C Moon
(12,213 posts)Right now, he just wants everyone to focus on his NFL stunt with Pencehe's oh-so proud of that.
Initech
(100,079 posts)Low approval ratings!
C Moon
(12,213 posts)Initech
(100,079 posts)C Moon
(12,213 posts)I guess I believed it because the GOP was trying to blame Brown for our horrible drought in the last election. Didn't work, and now the drought is over.
Initech
(100,079 posts)Vinca
(50,273 posts)Trump's a self-centered asshole. He hasn't mentioned the Green Berets who died in Niger last week either.
Initech
(100,079 posts)Moral Compass
(1,521 posts)Trump is just emphasizing that he is not the president of the United States he is the president of the states that voted for him. California is probably singled out for special score and since California is the state that he lost by over 3 million bucks.
Trump has already cemented himself in history as the worst President of the United States Since the founding of the republic I really didnt think anybody could beat George W. Bush this badly but Bush is at best a distant second.
He is showing very clearly that the only states that will get aid are those whosevelectoral votes he received. Puerto Rico does not have any electoral votes and weve seen what has happened with them. California, well you guys voted for the right candidate and youre getting punished for it.
Im so sorry that this is happening to such a great state. My daughter lives out there but shes not in any danger as far as I know. She doesnt live in an area that can be affected by those kind of fires. But the state is being decimated by global warming and the resulting drought and the fires that come with that.
Im not much for prayer but I find myself praying that something brings this to an end. How much more can our country stand?
IronLionZion
(45,447 posts)he's teaching those ungrateful liberals a painful lesson. The even the wealthy and white won't be spared Trump's depraved indifference if they are liberal. No one will be spared. This asshole has a deep bitter grudge towards anyone who he believes isn't completely supportive of his presidency.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)Initech
(100,079 posts)I probably alerted on some 200+ messages. Fuck them.