When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, President Bush praised his FEMA head, Michael Brown, telling him "Heck of a job, Brownie" -- when the response was clearly inadequate, and he was not doing a good job of responding to that disaster. Bush later realized his mistake, and sent General Honore to New Orleans with 20,000 military troops -- and Honore was finally able to get done what needed to be done.
Donald Trump is repeating the same mistake. While he is bragging about what a good job he is doing for Puerto Rico, the truth is that he has not responded adequately to the disaster there. The situation is dire in San Juan, and even worse in smaller cities across the island. Lives are in danger as people must do without power, food, water, medical supplies, etc.
There are only about 2,500 troops to handle the disaster, with another 2,500 on the way. That is not enough! If it took 20,000 in New Orleans, it will take at least that number to get a handle on the disaster in Puerto Rico. Why haven't they been sent?
Supplies are pouring in, but can't be sent to where they are needed because of a lack of truck drivers and roads that have been destroyed. Why are troops manning this trucks and delivering supplies? Why aren't military helicopters dropping supplies in towns that can't be reached by truck?
Trump's response is clearly inadequate, and instead of fixing the problem, he is blaming the media for telling the truth.
With all the sarcasm I can muster, I say "Heck of a job, Trump".
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