President Trump and Carmen Yulín Cruz probably won’t be hitting the links together anytime soon. Or if they do, don’t expect any “gimme” putts.
The San Juan, Puerto Rico mayor dropped all diplomacy on Friday, blasting the Trump administration response to the unfolding crisis on the island in the wake of Hurricane Maria and pleading for help.”This is a ‘people are dying’ story. This is a ‘life or death’ story,” Cruz told CNN. “Help us, we are dying,”
And in a separate press conference, she accused the federal government of “killing us with the inefficiency and the bureaucracy.”
“This is what we got last night: four pallets of water, three pallets of meals and 12 pallets of infant food — which I gave them to the people of Comerio, where people are drinking off a creek,” she continued. “So I am done being polite. I am done being politically correct. I am mad as hell.”
Guess how well the leader of our democracy took that criticism?
OK, so you actually got that one — but readers will never be able to imagine where Trump vented such an opinion. Oh, right. Of course you can. See his Saturday morning tweet-storm below.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914087234869047296
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914089003745468417
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914089888596754434
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914090947180470272
After a little break, Trump went back to the “fake news”media-bashing well — because that’s always there, obviously. The POTUS also said he and First Lady Melania Trump will be going to Puerto Rico on Tuesday.
Here are those tweets, which should catch you up for now:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914094625488502784
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914096428879933440
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914099295963553792
For her part, Cruz responded to Trump’s tirade on MSNBC’s AM Joy, saying she doesn’t have time for “distractions”:
MAYOR OF SAN JUAN @CARMENYULINCRUZ
Responds to #Trump tweets:
I have no time for distractions… #AMJoy
https://t.co/0iiQl6HHUl— Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC (@amjoyshow) September 30, 2017