I know. It's been in the news constantly which Trump calls fake. Granted, all his lies seem to be gospel to his followers.
This whole hurricane business has me really disturbed though.
It started with him canceling his trip to Poland so he could stay at Camp David in order to monitor Hurricane Dorian's progress. Instead, he flew to his private club in Virgina to play golf. This from the president saying in 2016 that he would be too busy to play golf like President Obama. He has in fact spent 3 more times than Obama playing golf. But, I think everybody has heard this and just accepted it.
OK.... I'm getting diverted. It's too easy.
Trump then goofed and said that Dorian would be hitting Alabama. This was from Time magazine:
It was a mistake. Trump who was supposed to be keeping close watch on the hurricane happened to make a mistake. But he just couldn't admit it. So he continued to tweet that Alabama WAS going to be hit and that it was fake news that was changing the story.
Then came the insane thing where he displayed a 4 day old hurricane projection map doctored with a Sharpie pen to show that Dorian could hit Alabama and he thought everybody would fall for it.
I am shaking my head.
This is scary.
And now I'm hearing that NOAA was backing him up.
I saw this on npr:
So now.... it's even scarier.
The president can actually force an agency to back up erroneous information that he tweets out at the drop of a hat.
This is not good. This is not good.
(You know.... if he had just said, "I misstweeted," this could all have been a Category 3 blunder and forgotten like all his other misstweets. It's now a Category 5.)
This whole hurricane business has me really disturbed though.
It started with him canceling his trip to Poland so he could stay at Camp David in order to monitor Hurricane Dorian's progress. Instead, he flew to his private club in Virgina to play golf. This from the president saying in 2016 that he would be too busy to play golf like President Obama. He has in fact spent 3 more times than Obama playing golf. But, I think everybody has heard this and just accepted it.
OK.... I'm getting diverted. It's too easy.
Trump then goofed and said that Dorian would be hitting Alabama. This was from Time magazine:
The confusion began on the morning of Sept. 1, when the President tweeted that the state, as well as Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, would “most likely be hit (much) harder than anticipated.”20 minutes after that tweet, Alabama's National Weather Service had to clear up the confusion saying they would not be hit.
It was a mistake. Trump who was supposed to be keeping close watch on the hurricane happened to make a mistake. But he just couldn't admit it. So he continued to tweet that Alabama WAS going to be hit and that it was fake news that was changing the story.
Then came the insane thing where he displayed a 4 day old hurricane projection map doctored with a Sharpie pen to show that Dorian could hit Alabama and he thought everybody would fall for it.
I am shaking my head.
This is scary.
And now I'm hearing that NOAA was backing him up.
I saw this on npr:
"The parent agency of the National Weather Service said late Friday that President Trump was correct when he claimed earlier this week that Hurricane Dorian had threatened the state of Alabama.Notice that the announcement was unsigned. Obviously, they didn't want to be identified. NOAA has since been denounced by previous heads of the agency (both Republican and Democrat) and meteorologists everywhere.
The surprise announcement in an unsigned statement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration essentially endorsed Trump's Sunday tweet saying that Alabama will "most likely be hit (much) harder than anticipated."
So now.... it's even scarier.
The president can actually force an agency to back up erroneous information that he tweets out at the drop of a hat.
This is not good. This is not good.
(You know.... if he had just said, "I misstweeted," this could all have been a Category 3 blunder and forgotten like all his other misstweets. It's now a Category 5.)
It would have just been so easy for him to say "Sorry, I mis-tweeted. Alabama isn't (wasn't) in the path of the hurricane after all." It should never have been a big deal. I have never seen anything like this in the United States before.
ReplyDeleteHe just cannot stand to admit he's ever wrong! So stupid!
ReplyDeleteThis is why this man must be voted out of office and dragged out of the White House on the day of the inauguration of the Democratic president whoever he or she may be.
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Deletedon't even get me started!!!
ReplyDeleteHe is so utterly petty. Everybody makes minor mistakes sometimes. Normal people just correct them and move on, and it's forgotten in a minute or two. He had to turn this into a huge issue for days.
ReplyDeleteRemember that this man, with this personality, is in control of seven thousand nuclear weapons. Let that be a motivation to vote next year, if nothing else is.
unbelievable the reports...
ReplyDeleteIt could have been a simple thing if he has just admitted an "oops". He cannot nor can he let it go. And that sharpie thing--good grief. Did he really think anyone would believe that?? Yes, scary.
ReplyDeleteBad !
ReplyDeleteOr a six. His followers didn't notice tho.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope he doesn't get voted back in.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing I like about Trumpty Dumpty. He is an utter excuse for a human. He's not going to change. His approach to life and others is the same way that his father and grandfather, and most family members functioned, with total disregard for anything that's not white.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that his supporters cannot be swayed, and do not understand nor research or read about how bad this president is. Otherwise, they wouldn't have voted him in, with the help of Russia.
If the rest of us just show up to vote, we'll get him out in spite of his supporters.
PLEASE VOTE for the candidate that can get enough votes to get him out!
Linda in Kansas
CBS news online just now has an article about the NOAA chief starting an investigation about this event and how it lowers the integrity of the agency's work and people's safety. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteYou have heard it before, and you will hear it again. Trump is a narcissist. As such, to his mind, he does not make mistakes, and would certainly not admit to any. Everything he says is true, even if yesterday he said something else. All news that does not favor him is fake. He only surrounds himself with people who agree with him and even better if they honor and adore him, like at his rallies.
ReplyDeleteWhat worries me, as you suggested, is that people in government, and even government agencies, are afraid to cross him. He wants to be an autocrat and is taking on dictatorial powers. He must be stopped, and Republicans must be held accountable for allowing him to undermine our democracy.
So very scary is this world we are living in under his rule! So very scary Kay! I am with you in your concerns 100%
ReplyDelete“Category 5 “ — well said! And now he and his henchmen are turning away hurricane victims from the Bahamas. The man hasn’t a speck of conscience anywhere in his soul.
ReplyDeleteHe is a very damaged personality. I would have much more compassion if he was not so intent on destroying the country in the name of some kind of perverted greatness.
ReplyDeleteNothing about this man is good.
ReplyDeleteMy head is sore from shaking so much. What is wrong when someone is allowed to claim that that something obviously wrong is right,
ReplyDeleteYou are 100% right.
ReplyDeleteHe was ready to go down to Mobile and start tossing out paper towels and calling it a day.
ReplyDeleteI am frightened of this man, this situation, and hoping that he will be defeated soundly next year. :-(
ReplyDeleteHe just continues to add fuel to the fire.
ReplyDeleteHe's so bad but we're so used to it. Remember when Obama caught heck for wearing a brown suit?
ReplyDeleteYou nailed it: "all his lies seem to be gospel to his followers." It's a tragic time in North America.
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