The Country chokes up as a president ignores her people in Puerto Rico.

[Stonepounder]

9. I've posted variations on the following in response to other OPs on Puerto Rico.

I am so damn angry over the situation in Puerto Rico that I want to smash things! Trump gets up and brags about what a wonderful job HE is doing and nobody bothers to call him on it. This from a guy who probably didn't even know the Puerto Rico was a) an island and b) was part of the USA, and c) that Puerto Ricans are US Citizens by birth until somebody cued him in on it recently.

And the truth that nobody dares speak is that the reason that Puerto Rico is not getting aid like Florida or the Houston area is because the population isn't white!!!! So Trump doesn't give a shit! They aren't neo-Nazis, or White Supremacists, and (even worse) they can't vote for him, so he doesn't give a shit. He wouldn't even think about them if his advisors hadn't bullied him into talking about them. And Congress is going to adjourn on Friday without bothering to pass an aid bill. They got one for Texas, and one for Florida, but the GOP can't be bothered to pass a bill for Puerto Rico.

And the God Dammed MSM can't be bothered to even talk about it! Lets talk about Roger Stone, let's talk about Roy Moore, let's talk about Jared Kushner's email account, but for God's sake, let's not talk about a couple of hundred thousand American citizens who have no food, no water, no gasoline, no insulin, and are begging for help. No, we can't talk about that. Might not get as good ratings as some football player taking a knee!

And FINALLY, after more than a week, the Asshole in Chief FINALLY figures out that your need logistical support to move supplies that are piling up on the docks and that's not good enough, you have to get the contents to the people who need them. And, gee, just maybe, the Army might know something about that. And oh, they might need a hospital ship to help. For someone who theoretically watches TV hours a day, he has a real talent for missing the important stuff - like doctors in Puerto Rico talking about how the need supplies. Finally, after more than a week, Trump finally waives the Jones Act.

I am a pretty laid back person. I am pretty much non-violent. I try to love my neighbor. But I hate Trump with a visceral hatred like I have never hated anyone in my life!

OK, rant over. I have to go puke and mourn the country that I used to know.