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Media Blames Trump for Hurricane Damage [semi-satire]
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 16 Sep 2018 | John Semmens

Posted on 09/15/2018 10:26:27 AM PDT by John Semmens

This week, Hurricane Florence hit the Carolina coast of the United States. The Washington Post's editorial board charged President Trump with "complicity."

"The Trump Administration's failure to sign the Paris Climate Accord combined with the surge in economic activity inspired by tax cuts and deregulation are directly responsible for any damage done by the weather in this country," the editorial claimed. "The steps former President Obama took to subdue economic growth had put the nation on a path that could have prevented hurricanes from being so dangerous. The shutdown factories and lower incomes his policies achieved mitigated the environmental forces that contribute to bad weather. The benefits of those policies have been negated by the Trump Administration."

The irony is that even though the United States has not signed the Paris Accord this country's reductions in CO2 emissions has been larger than that of the European countries that did sign. In addition, nothing that the Trump Administration has done since coming to power in January of 2017 can be shown to have had any impact on this year's hurricane season. Finally, it is likely that the suffering due to the economic depression resulting from Obama's policies was worse than the damage done by hurricanes coming ashore in the United States.

In related news, a study from George Washington University's Milken School of Public Health estimated that there were 2,975 "excess deaths" in the period following Hurricane Maria's landfall in Puerto Rico. Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin blames Trump for these deaths. The fact is that the US government, at the direction of President Trump, did more than any other entity to aid Puerto Rico in the aftermath of this hurricane. Blame for the estimated deaths would more reasonably be attributed to the vulnerability of the island being in the path of major hurricanes, the poorly constructed housing typical on the impoverished island, and the inept local government that left a lot of the US-provided aid to rot before it could be distributed.

if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...

https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/247492-2018-09-15-semi-news-semi-satire-september-16-2018-edition.htm


TOPICS: Government; Humor; Politics; Weather
KEYWORDS: hurricanes; media; satire; trump

1 posted on 09/15/2018 10:26:27 AM PDT by John Semmens
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To: John Semmens

Trump ,Stronger Than A Hurricane


2 posted on 09/15/2018 11:09:00 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: John Semmens

Can anyone name 2 hurricanes that had a similar loss of life?With all the tech and ability we have to combat hurricane damage, I have to think PR is mostly to blame if we want to play the blame game.


3 posted on 09/15/2018 11:42:42 AM PDT by cnsmom
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