Trump Ignored Disaster Aid Plea from Political Rival

Friday, October 25, 2024

In early September 2020, wildfires tore through eastern Washington state, obliterating tens of millions of dollars of property, displacing hundreds of rural residents and killing a 1-year-old boy. But then-President Donald Trump refused to act on Gov. Jay Inslee's request for $37 million in federal disaster aid because of a bitter personal dispute with the Democratic governor, an investigation by POLITICO's E&E News shows. Trump sat on Inslee's request for the final four months of his presidency, delaying recovery and leaving communities unsure about rebuilding because nobody knew if they would get federal help. Trump ignored Inslee's 73-page request even after the Federal Emergency Management Agency found during weeks of inspection that the wildfires easily met the federal damage threshold for disaster aid.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 11:32 PM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

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As much lipstick as you want, he's still a pig.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-10-25 02:55 PM

And yet...they'll still vote for him overwhelmingly.

FEMA should be there for all of America, not just those areas that support the person who currently occupies the Oval Office.

Politics should not enter into FEMA and Federal aid, need should be the main (only?) criteria.

Are you really this dense?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter | Flag: How to not look like a complete moron while posting on the Retort.

Or are you being just willingly ignorant?

At least my HTML posts don't butcher the available posting space the way your posts do.

I'm constantly asked if I'm the one supposedly seeking attention.

Is that what you're doing?

If you don't know how to do basic HTML, please reach out.

If you don't know basic HTML and cannot figure this out, and do not want to become informed, well, then, congratulations

Inquiring minds want to know.

@#4 ... Inquiring minds want to know. ...

What is it that those inquiring minds want to know?

LAMP

What did you do to get HANS so ticked off?

Personally, I find you a delight.

On topic:

"because of a bitter personal dispute with the Democratic governor,"

Just consider this lack of humanity a preview of what this country can expect if we elect a sociopath for President.

We saw the same thing from Trump again on January 6 as he watched the suffering of the Capitol Police on January 6.

The man is completely devoid of empathy for anyone but himself.

@#6 ... What did you do to get HANS so ticked off? ...

So... I'm not the only one to notice.

I wish I knew.

But the response does not seem rational to me at this point.

I'll leave it at that.

" What did you do to get HANS so ticked off?

Personally, I find you a delight.

#6 | POSTED BY TWINPAC AT 2024-10-26 12:19 AM | FLAG: "

A few days ago Hans was buttering up Lamplighter with all sorts of Newsworthy flags and praise and Lamplighter seemed to take it as phony and said as much in response. I have plenty of issues with Lamplighter's current alias but I have observed he doesn't like having his ass kissed, which is an attribute I respect. I think Hans took it personally and now lumps Lamplighter in with the rest of this site's denizens who Hans labels as MAGA. It's funny to me because Lamplighter's current alias is not even remotely MAGA.

Also, Hans got kinda pissed that Lamplighter was addressing him as "current alias.

@#7 ... The man is completely devoid of empathy for anyone but himself. ...

Yup.

At the risk of being superfluous ...

How to Identify a Malignant Narcissist (2023)
www.verywellmind.com

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Signs Someone Is a Malignant Narcissist

Signs and symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder (and the severity of these symptoms) vary. But the following are common characteristics of malignant narcissists:1

- - - Preoccupied with fantasies about beauty, brilliance, success, and power

- - - Unable to handle criticism

- - - Tendency to lash out if they feel slighted

- - - Likely to take advantage of others to get what they want

- - - Overly concerned about their appearance

- - - Expect to be treated as superior and craves this validation, also known as narcissistic supply

- - - Lack of empathy for others

- - - Inflated sense of self and inability to self-regulate

- - - Have no remorse for hurting others and no interest in apologizing unless it benefits them

- - - Have an attitude of deserving the best of everything

- - - Tendency to monopolize conversations and/or mistreat those who they perceive as inferior

- - - Hidden insecurity and a weak sense of self

- - - Tendency to blame others for their own bad behavior

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