When Donald Trump visited Puerto Rico Tuesday to survey the damage done by Hurricanes Maria and Irma, he opted not to visit the areas that had been hit hardest, where electricity, water, and food are still in terribly short supply. It was a “Tale of two Puerto Ricos,” writes the Washington Post.
The Puerto Rico that President Trump saw during his four-hour visit on Tuesday afternoon was that of Angel Pérez Otero, the mayor of Guaynabo, a wealthy San Juan suburb known for its amenity-driven gated communities that was largely spared when Hurricane Maria hit nearly two weeks ago. [...]
Meanwhile, in nearby Caguas, Miranda Torres was trying to make up for lost time. In the 48 hours after the hurricane, communication was impossible. Since then, he has lost count of how many times he traveled to San Juan to tell the central government what his people needed: food, water and generators. But it took more than a week for a trickle of supplies to reach the town. [...]
For days, the shelters had no generators. The hospitals were without water. And the help wasn’t coming quickly enough because the roads were covered in mud and debris.
It's little wonder that the mayor of Guaynabo, Pérez Otero, was included in Trump's press conference of cheerleaders during his visit.
“Your people are doing the right stuff for us,” Pérez Otero told Trump on Tuesday.
As one might expect, instead of visiting a shelter in Caguas, Trump opted for an evangelical church located in Guaynabo, Cavalry Chapel, where he famously delivered supplies that didn't seem all that needed with the soft touch of a basketball player working on his free-throw form.
But when a church member explained how the life-saving water purification kits they were distributing worked, Trump cringed and questioned her sincerity.
“Wait,” Trump said, “you put it in dirty water?”
“And then you can drink it after 10 to 12 hours,” she explained.
“Would you do it? Would you drink it?” he asked.
“Sure,” she said.
“Really?” Trump said, a disgusted look coming across his face.
“Really,” she said.
“Is this your company or something?” Trump asked the woman, seeming suspicious of the aggressive pitch.
“No,” she said, “I’m part of the church.”
Turns out she wasn't just a shill trying to make money off someone else's tragedy—imagine that.
from Daily Kos http://ift.tt/2xTqjRu
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