Californians north and south have endured several days of historic wildfires, and now federal help is on the way. President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for the Golden State, making U.S. government funding available to fire victims in Los Angeles, Ventura and Butte counties.
The White House Press Office issued a news release tonight (read it in full below), and Potus took to Twitter to say the feds are ready to help “alleviate some of the incredible suffering going on”:
I just approved an expedited request for a Major Disaster Declaration for the State of California. Wanted to respond quickly in order to alleviate some of the incredible suffering going on. I am with you all the way. God Bless all of the victims and families affected.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018
Tonight’s presidential post is an about-face from his Saturday tweet in which Trump...
The White House Press Office issued a news release tonight (read it in full below), and Potus took to Twitter to say the feds are ready to help “alleviate some of the incredible suffering going on”:
I just approved an expedited request for a Major Disaster Declaration for the State of California. Wanted to respond quickly in order to alleviate some of the incredible suffering going on. I am with you all the way. God Bless all of the victims and families affected.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018
Tonight’s presidential post is an about-face from his Saturday tweet in which Trump...
- 11/13/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The Federal Emergency Management Agency should, ideally, operate independently of the president’s ego. This doesn’t appear to be the case in 2018. During a Sunday morning appearance on Meet the Press, Fema Director Brock Long defended the president’s claim that the Hurricane Maria death toll in Puerto Rico had been artificially inflated. “I’ll tell you this,” Long began. “One thing about President Trump is that he, uh, is probably the one president that has had more support for what goes on back here. I think he’s...
- 9/17/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
President Trump may not be too far off in his claim that the death toll numbers in Puerto Rico were inflated ... so says a Fema administrator, who insists deaths linked to spousal abuse in the wake of the hurricane aren't actually the hurricane's fault at all. Brock Long -- who's been heading up Fema's disaster relief effort in P.R. and elsewhere -- went on 'Meet the Press' Sunday to defend Trump's tweet last week,...
- 9/16/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Late last month, Puerto Rican officials raised the death toll from Hurricane Maria from 64 to nearly 3,000. The storm which struck last summer, ravaged the island’s electrical grid and left thousands homeless and without water and other supplies. The Trump administration’s response was sharply criticized, and now, as Hurricane Florence bears down on the East Coast, the president is touting the job he did. Speaking from the White House on Tuesday, the Trump called the response “incredibly successful,” an “unsung success” and “one of the best jobs that’s...
- 9/12/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
President Donald Trump’s press conference to update on U.S. plans to prepare for what could be a category 5 Hurricane Florence has created its own weather pattern after he referenced the federal government’s response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year as “incredibly successful.”
His comments come as Florence gains speed in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to make landfall on the eastern seaboard early Friday morning. More than 1 million people in the coastal cities of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are under mandatory evacuation orders owing to the expected storm surge and winds, with 20-30 inches of rain expected. Flooding danger is expected into next week from Pennsylvania to Georgia.
But most of the takeaway from the preparedness presser at the Oval Office with Trump and Fema Administrator Brock Long was via Trump’s response to questions about Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico, where...
His comments come as Florence gains speed in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to make landfall on the eastern seaboard early Friday morning. More than 1 million people in the coastal cities of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are under mandatory evacuation orders owing to the expected storm surge and winds, with 20-30 inches of rain expected. Flooding danger is expected into next week from Pennsylvania to Georgia.
But most of the takeaway from the preparedness presser at the Oval Office with Trump and Fema Administrator Brock Long was via Trump’s response to questions about Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico, where...
- 9/11/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Fema Administrator Brock Long defended the response to Puerto Rico as officials like San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz continue to voice criticism.
- 10/1/2017
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
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