These nocturnal pix from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Puerto Rico at night on July 24, 2017, top, before the passing of Hurricane Maria, and on Sept. 25, days after the hurricane wiped out most of the island’s power.
(NOAA via AP)
Someone help me to understand this kind of callous disregard for American lives.
The 31/2 million American citizens in Puerto Rico are without power, food and water, many of them dying slow, agonizing deaths.
Many observers on the ground there have described it as “a wasteland” or “a war zone.”
Meanwhile, the Trump Administration refused to lift shipping restrictions under the federal Jones Act until this morning, when the President announced it, naturally, in little tweet.
Mind you, the same restrictions were promptly lifted by Trump for American citizens in Houston and Florida.
What’s so frustrating is that 3,000 shipping containers with food, water and medical supplies had been outside Puerto Rico’s port since Saturday, ready to be delivered.
So why didn’t the POTUS lift the restrictions of the Jones Act and deliver this relief to Puerto Ricans when Congressmen requested it first thing Monday morning?
Because, the POTUS said, the shipping companies had concerns.
God bless and be with… the shipping companies.
We can only hope they survive.
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