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”).
There was no call to action, no sweeping reassurance that his administration — and indeed, the nation — had adopted the storm victims’ struggle as its own. All told, it felt a bit like a political rally, as The Washington Post’s Jenna Johnson reported.
An array of political observers and others said Trump’s message was weak and tone deaf considering the immense scale of Harvey’s destruction.
“There was something missing from what President Trump said, that’s the empathy for the people who suffer,” former George W. Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer said on Fox News Tuesday. “In my opinion, that should’ve been the first thing he said, that his heart goes out to those people in Houston who are going through this and that the government is here to help them recover from this.”
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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”).
There was no call to action, no sweeping reassurance that his administration — and indeed, the nation — had adopted the storm victims’ struggle as its own. All told, it felt a bit like a political rally, as The Washington Post’s Jenna Johnson reported.
An array of political observers and others said Trump’s message was weak and tone deaf considering the immense scale of Harvey’s destruction.
“There was something missing from what President Trump said, that’s the empathy for the people who suffer,” former George W. Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer said on Fox News Tuesday. “In my opinion, that should’ve been the first thing he said, that his heart goes out to those people in Houston who are going through this and that the government is here to help them recover from this.”
SIX INCH Stilettos - ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
http://app.nytimes.com/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...sidents:homepage/story&utm_term=.e215de5e9b25
