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malaise

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3. From the link

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:01 AM

Oct 4

Donald Trump keeps pushing the vile claim that federal officials are withholding disaster aid from GOP areas devastated by Hurricane Helene. This has now backfired, focusing media attention on Trump’s own hyper-politicization of disaster relief as president. To wit: Two former Trump officials told Politico that Trump initially refused to approve disaster aid for California after wildfires in 2018 due to the state’s Democratic lean. We talked to one of those officials—Olivia Troye, a senior homeland security official in the Trump administration and now a leading critic of the former president—about Trump’s disastrous tenure, and what she told is is not pretty.

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Olivia Troye: disaster relief came to a halt because Trump would leave it sitting on his desk [View all] Dennis Donovan Oct 4 OP

Which is also why infrastructure never got done BeyondGeography Oct 4 #1

That's Trump alright! Fits him perfectly. oasis Oct 4 #2

From the link malaise Oct 4 #3

The transcript is light your hair on fire stuff UpInArms Oct 4 #5

Indeed they do malaise Oct 4 #6

Explains his gross criminal negligence in a lot of areas. Kid Berwyn Oct 4 #4