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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:47 PM Sep 2018

President Trump to visit Hurricane Florence-ravaged South

Source: ABC News 4

President Donald Trump is preparing to travel to areas affected by Hurricane Florence next week.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders says Trump will travel to the region "early to middle of next week."

She adds his trip will take place: "once it is determined his travel will not disrupt any rescue or recovery efforts."

Aides say Trump has been monitoring the massive storm from the White House, and he has taken to Twitter to encourage those in its path to listen to their local authorities for how best to remain safe.

Read more: https://abcnews4.com/news/local/president-trump-to-visit-hurricane-florence-ravaged-south

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President Trump to visit Hurricane Florence-ravaged South (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 OP

Before it's over, he'll claim Florence wasn't up for taking him on. Hoyt Sep 2018 #1

He'll claim that because of him there were no deaths. In fact, more people were born during Florence LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2018 #34

Paper towels . . Iliyah Sep 2018 #2

I guess paper towels are going to cost too much now BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #9

He'll insult PR during whatever "speech" he gives. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #3

As if being raked by a hurricane for two days wasn't enough suffering. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2018 #4

★ JohnnyRingo Sep 2018 #21

He'll probably turn it into a campaign rally. Kittycow Sep 2018 #5

It's the only thing he knows how to do. Girard442 Sep 2018 #32

Will he hand out Play-Doh, like he did during the campaign? CaptainTruth Sep 2018 #6

anyone know how many rolls of paper towels it takes to soak up a few trillion gallons of water? Takket Sep 2018 #7

One SCVDem Sep 2018 #17

the best roll onethatcares Sep 2018 #28

He can already tweet that 'not that many people actually died'. keithbvadu2 Sep 2018 #8

Will Melania accompany him? forgotmylogin Sep 2018 #10

Ok, get your hurricane wardrobe dalton99a Sep 2018 #11

And a jacket that says she doesn't care. keithbvadu2 Sep 2018 #14

Trump already has his "I don't care" pose deployed Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #26

He thinks that's his "really, really serious president deciding something" pose. Nitram Sep 2018 #36

The stupidity Mira Sep 2018 #19

Good to see you!!!! dixiegrrrrl Sep 2018 #37

I'm sorry, but those shoes make her look like she was rented from an escort service. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2018 #31

She looks like she was rented from an escort service... Girard442 Sep 2018 #33

"Only 3 dead. Just wait for the Democrats to claim thousands dead by November" truthisfreedom Sep 2018 #12

I really don't care, do you. (Don't get me wrong, I care about the ppl there being helped. But iluvtennis Sep 2018 #13

He's going down to see the folks he calls 'dumb southerners'. keithbvadu2 Sep 2018 #15

I'm sure all those he always calls "hillbillies" and "dumb southerners" will welcome him PSPS Sep 2018 #16

NC to Trump: Don't bother. YOHABLO Sep 2018 #18

He's probably PO'ed not fooled Sep 2018 #20

Good for him. Probably the most Presidential thing he has done so far. Midnight Writer Sep 2018 #22

Hope his plane goes down in a firey ball outside of town in a manure pile in some distant pasture. Hulk Sep 2018 #23

Time to stock up on paper towels! Vinca Sep 2018 #24

Protestors should remind people of the nasty things he says about southerners nt steve2470 Sep 2018 #25

Mar-a-Lago looks great! FEMA did a great job! I'm best! Big electoral victory! nt JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 #27

Witch hunt! No collusion! SAD! Jedi Guy Sep 2018 #30

"Lots of water, the best water! Looks like Puerto Rico!" bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #29

Brace yourselves for the stupid, tactless, crude and unfeeling tweets and statements the Dumpster Nitram Sep 2018 #35

Good Grief! Aren't they suffering enough?? Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #38

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. Before it's over, he'll claim Florence wasn't up for taking him on.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:49 PM

Sep 2018

LastLiberal in PalmSprings

(12,595 posts)

34. He'll claim that because of him there were no deaths. In fact, more people were born during Florence

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 01:25 PM

Sep 2018

than during the term of any president history. He'll tweet that unlike his unacknowledged success with Puerto Rico, Donnie Two Scoops' reaction to Florence will be seen as the biggest and best reaction by any president ever, and especially Baraka Obama. #NoOneDiedInPuertoRico #No Collusion. #WitchHunt #IDidn'tKnowPaulManafort

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

2. Paper towels . .

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:58 PM

Sep 2018

BigmanPigman

(51,627 posts)

9. I guess paper towels are going to cost too much now

Reply to Iliyah (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:03 PM

Sep 2018

that the FEMA $$$ went to ICE instead. Maybe the ICE officials will go to the hurricane damaged cities and help out by arresting innocent undocumented immigrants, reducing the number of victims.

Solly Mack

(90,787 posts)

3. He'll insult PR during whatever "speech" he gives.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:15 PM

Sep 2018

Fucktwit.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

4. As if being raked by a hurricane for two days wasn't enough suffering. nt

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:26 PM

Sep 2018

JohnnyRingo

(18,641 posts)

21. ★

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 02:30 AM

Sep 2018

Nice one, there's your star.

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)

5. He'll probably turn it into a campaign rally.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:42 PM

Sep 2018

Girard442

(6,085 posts)

32. It's the only thing he knows how to do.

Reply to Kittycow (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 09:32 AM

Sep 2018

Nothing to cheer up folks recovering from a hurricane like a rousing chant of "lock her up!"

CaptainTruth

(6,601 posts)

6. Will he hand out Play-Doh, like he did during the campaign?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:44 PM

Sep 2018

I'm still trying to figure out why flood victims needed Play-Doh. To plug holes in their boats?

Takket

(21,626 posts)

7. anyone know how many rolls of paper towels it takes to soak up a few trillion gallons of water?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:53 PM

Sep 2018

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)

17. One

Reply to Takket (Reply #7)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 12:36 AM

Sep 2018

But it's one big frickin roll!!

Yuge!

onethatcares

(16,185 posts)

28. the best roll

Reply to SCVDem (Reply #17)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 07:10 AM

Sep 2018

the biggest and the bestest roll of paper towels ever.

keithbvadu2

(36,912 posts)

8. He can already tweet that 'not that many people actually died'.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:55 PM

Sep 2018

forgotmylogin

(7,531 posts)

10. Will Melania accompany him?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:04 PM

Sep 2018

And how high of a heel will she wear to step through the rubble and mud?

dalton99a

(81,590 posts)

11. Ok, get your hurricane wardrobe

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:09 PM

Sep 2018

keithbvadu2

(36,912 posts)

14. And a jacket that says she doesn't care.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #11)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:48 PM

Sep 2018

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,043 posts)

26. Trump already has his "I don't care" pose deployed

Reply to keithbvadu2 (Reply #14)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 06:54 AM

Sep 2018

Nitram

(22,888 posts)

36. He thinks that's his "really, really serious president deciding something" pose.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #26)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 03:51 PM

Sep 2018

Mira

(22,380 posts)

19. The stupidity

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #11)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 01:31 AM

Sep 2018

Of the shoes made me lose all possible sense of respect for her intelligence and her sense of her station as FLOTUS.
This was after Harvey in Texas.
There is no excuse for it. It’s as self centered as he is in equally dysfunctional ways. So was the unscripted jacket. Our
First Lady deserves neither respect nor pity.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

37. Good to see you!!!!

Reply to Mira (Reply #19)

Sun Sep 16, 2018, 12:48 AM

Sep 2018

So you have power, I take it. and hopefully no flooded streets. I am glad the storm hit with less power than they thought originally.

LastLiberal in PalmSprings

(12,595 posts)

31. I'm sorry, but those shoes make her look like she was rented from an escort service.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #11)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 08:22 AM

Sep 2018

Assuming they're walking to the helicopter, what's going to happen when those spiked heels step onto that soggy lawn?

Girard442

(6,085 posts)

33. She looks like she was rented from an escort service...

Reply to LastLiberal in PalmSprings (Reply #31)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 09:35 AM

Sep 2018

...because she was. Excuse me, I should say "modeling agency."

truthisfreedom

(23,155 posts)

12. "Only 3 dead. Just wait for the Democrats to claim thousands dead by November"

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:09 PM

Sep 2018

iluvtennis

(19,873 posts)

13. I really don't care, do you. (Don't get me wrong, I care about the ppl there being helped. But

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:11 PM

Sep 2018

f Trump.)

keithbvadu2

(36,912 posts)

15. He's going down to see the folks he calls 'dumb southerners'.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:49 PM

Sep 2018

He's going down to see the folks he calls 'dumb southerners'.

PSPS

(13,614 posts)

16. I'm sure all those he always calls "hillbillies" and "dumb southerners" will welcome him

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 12:23 AM

Sep 2018

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)

18. NC to Trump: Don't bother.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 12:46 AM

Sep 2018

not fooled

(5,801 posts)

20. He's probably PO'ed

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 01:41 AM

Sep 2018

that Florence isn't worse, in order to take the news cycle more off of Manafort flipping.

Wonder whether he will do something assholey to divert attention this weekend.

Midnight Writer

(21,802 posts)

22. Good for him. Probably the most Presidential thing he has done so far.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 02:52 AM

Sep 2018

Hell, he is even THANKING OTHER PEOPLE! He is even crediting government employees for doing an "incredible job".

I don't expect it to last, but at least for once he is acting in a way that we may call "normal".