“He's not my president”

No he’s not mine either. I can’t find even refer to him with that title. He isn’t worthy of it or much else for that matter. He’s just an SOB.

The reason he’s treating Puerto Rico the way he is isn’t because he doesn’t “get” that they are citizens. It’s because (as he’s proven over and over again) he’s a racist and doesn’t like anyone who isn’t rich and eye blinding white. It’s just that simple.

If there were ever a time for his Karma to strike, it’s now!

Amen, lukkiirish. Love your screen name. Are you Irish? My dad was from there.

The Man simply has no idea how to relate or respond to overwhelming events. He forgets that his visit to the disaster zone cost about a million dollars, and that money did not grow on trees; It came from the tax payer's pocket.

It was an awful display yet again that it's all about him and money...talking about who was praising him and the job "his people" were doing vs. how much money Puerto Rico was costing Wall St. Funny, I don't remember any mention of the expense of rebuilding Houston or Florida. And to tell Americans who are without power and even fresh drinking water for 2 weeks already that they aren't that bad off because not so many of them have died was outrageous!!

I never thought I'd see the day where presidential behavior would sink so low. SMH.

Thank the universe that he is unlikely to live long enough for the (hopefully) extensive amount of time it would take to re-find the 10 year old girl - and may the universe teach her parents to keep lecherous old men who say crap like 45 did away from minor females related or not!

Does he even know where Puerto Rico is?

Seriously, he can't be given the benefit of the doubt by you negative ninnies!! He was trying to lighten the mood AND they should be proud and relieved more didn't die. This non stop president bashing got tired and old MONTHS ago. LET IT GO!He WON fair and square, DEAL WITH IT!!!

Thanks Rita, I’m only 2nd generation, my Grandfather was from County Clare and came here as a young man. True to Irish tradition though, we have a very very big family. :c)

Arcy, this is the one time I couldn’t disagree with you more. He was not trying to lighten the mood. He meant what he was saying because it’s not the first time he has said and/or tweeted it. He in no way deserves the benefit of the doubt and as for ninnies, well, I’d rather be a ninny who has her eyes open, than an ignorant who doesn’t or worse, the supporter of a lying racist and white supremist. . There is not one doubt in my mind that one day he will do something that will severely affect each one of his supporters’ family or finances as well and when he does, the first words out of my mouth to every one of ya’s will be DEAL WITH IT!

The families of those 16 must be very proud.

Diplomacy? Ain’t gonna happen.

( arms crossing chest & puffed up with lower lip jutting out like an ape)

Pictures or it didn't happen :) Seriously, we all have a right to our opinion, I happen to agree with Lisa and I certainly feel that I have a right to voice my opinion here.

DEAL WITH IT!!!

I am 'dealing with it' by expressing my opinion. Sorry, I'm not going to, as they say, just lie back and enjoy it just because this president was forced on me. Nor should I.

How can you give someone the benefit of the doubt when they keep acting like a moron over and over and over!

no pictures Lucille, I was describing myself, lol

Trump has done one great thing - he has united much of this country in their hatred for him!

"Letting it go" or "dealing with it" isn't going to happen, nor should it. We don't live in North Korea. It's ok to be unhappy with the government.

So Arcy, instead of coming in here yelling and calling people names, you could choose to avoid threads like this. The KT has shown again and again that the majority of posters dislike him, to put it mildly, so feel free to take your own advice. You might feel better.

He is the most hated man in Ameria and next to Kim in NK, the world. The visceral hate mostly everyone feels for him is just not to be believed. He is a disgrace as are all the people who work for him and still support him. An incompetent POS.

I was dumbfounded when he said it was personally devastating to himself, and everyone else...

He is heading to Las Vegas today. Let's see if he makes it about him at all.

I hope he doesn't turn the Las Vegas visit into one of his ridiculous rallies.

Meanwhile, here's what New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz had to say about Trump in Puerto Rico:

Puerto Rico Issues Travel Ban on Malignant Narcissists

Haha, I like that. I was confused why he was throwing paper towels into the crowd.

Maybe to help soak up the water.....He's such an idiot. An embarrassment beyond belief.

I can't stand him either.

I want to point out that harping on how much we dislike Trump could well entrench his support further. My takeaway from his election was that there were a lot of very unhappy people who were not being heard for the past few decades. I also think that it is very easy for those of us who live comfortable "blue state" lives to conflate Trump's Alt-Right supporters and his garden-variety disenfranchised, economically marginalized supporters. While there is some overlap between the two, I don' think we have any Alt-Righters here and it would probably be best if we could assume the best of the people who align themselves with Trump. After all this is the Kitchen Table and we are supposed to be friendly.

I get what you're saying Rita, and I don't think being a Trump supporter automatically means a bad person.

My problem is that most people who are against Trump have very specific reasons with lots of examples. But almost every pro-Trump person I know likes him be because he's not Hillary/Obama or a liberal. And honestly I don't think that's a good enough reason to elect the President, and make us all suffer through all his antics.

This is a side effect of a much larger problem with our electoral system, but there's no denying that many people vote against the "enemy," and not because they particularly like their candidate.

My takeaway from the election was that Hillary Clinton is very disliked by voters across the political spectrum. Because of that and running a campaign full of wrong-headed and arrogant decisions, she not only crystallized Republican support for Trump but she also failed to receive support from many of her own party's formerly reliable supporters. THAT'S why she lost the election.

Have you seen the by-precinct analyses that show how much she under-performed Obama's vote tallies in historically Democrat-voting districts? Because of this, Trump unexpectedly won many of those precincts, especially in the crucial swing states. Almost any other Democratic candidate would have retained support in those districts and garnered higher levels of support elsewhere. The ultimate election outcome would have been different.

Trump's "victory" wasn't a victory. He became president the same way Truman did in 1945 - he was in the right place to succeed to the post when the expected holder was no longer available for it. Clinton defeated herself, an outcome that many predicted. Not pollsters, but political theorists/commentators.

A "little more diplomacy" would have been nice but a lot more intelligence is essential for a world leader. And sorry folks, but it will never be forthcoming from that source!! The man is an idiot and an embarrassment to this country. It's going to take a very long time before the US is again treated with any kind of respect on the world stage.

I personally do not know anyone - and even those that did vote for the little orange man - that has any positive feelings for him or what he has accomplished so far. And I don't know how much actual support he continues to have. Many Republicans are appalled at his demeanor, remarks and behavior as well, some to the point where they are leaving the party.

If his election was a supposed indication of reuniting the country from devisive and opposing viewpoints, he may very well be accomplishing that end.........but not at all in the direction he wanted. I just hope we survive the next 4 years. That may be questionable.

Sometimes I wonder if Biden would have won if he ran, but I know he wasn't able with the tragedy of losing his son. Hillary was definitely too arrogant and focused on the wrong issues at a time when people are struggling.

I don't think Trump ever wanted to be President. I think he did it as a publicity stunt to try to make money and it snowballed. I don't think he is as stupid as people think. He's somehow manipulated the system to funnel millions of taxpayer dollars into his own businesses. He distracts us with tweeting about the NFL so we're so busy arguing about football players that we ignore the other things he is doing. He fills the news with so many shocking and unbelievable stories that soon we become more and more numb to them. They become normalised so then when a real scandal comes out, it's just business as usual.

Chi, I understand your frustration with a less than well informed electorate. Thomas Jefferson said, The people who wish to be ignorant and free want what never was and never will be. But I think we need to take some responsibility on our side for this election too. Bill Clinton moved the Democratic Party to the center. Democrats today are pretty similar to the Republicans of the '70s. Who is left to speak for the working class? Entertainers on talk radio and ersatz tv news?

Elmer, I agree with you about how disliked Hilary was. She was the wrong person at the wrong time. She was the perfect vehicle for crazy culture war fantasies. Bernie was the right candidate. Hilary's grip on the DNC ensured her win in the primaries and the country's ultimate loss. (Had Bernie run, maybe another Republican would have won the presidency- maybe Bernie would have expressed the frustrations of a swath of the electorate and still lost- but that is a better outcome that the one we got.)

Chi, I would have loved Biden, but Hilary made it perfectly clear that she would demolish him with his own words and gaffes. Do you remember when she said it would be a shame for Biden's political career to end on a sour note? Well she really showed him! Funny how the gaffiest person to have ever presented himself for president beat her in the end.

Well, I'm not sure about Sanders. I think many find him too impractical and doctrinaire. Ideal candidates are supported by their own party and moderates from other beliefs and I think he would have fallen short on both counts.

I agree, I think Biden would have been an electable candidate and a great president. Hillary's witchy references to him did nothing but contribute to the general public's dislike of her. There may have been times he's said the wrong thing or expressed feelings when he shouldn't have, but her misdemeanors and felonies were conduct, not words.

OH Looky! While at his golf course (and inbetween his obnoxious tweets), Frumpy dedicated a trophy to Texas, Florida and even Puerto Rico. Just what they all need from him, especially Puerto Rico.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353355-trump-dedicates-golf-trophy-to-puerto-rico-hurricane-victims

I want to point out that harping on how much we dislike Trump could well entrench his support further.

No doubt there's nothing the man could do to alienate his base. He has lost some support, but the true cultists will hang in there to the bitter end.

Then they should all check into the mental hospital with him when he's committed...lol.

Ok so you all think he is or should be 1) empathetic or 2) sympathetic, so please record your vote by posting your choice of number.

While there is plenty to worry about, hopefully not more than a year longer of this nonsense, once Mueller pulls the trigger he's toast.

Not EMpathetic or SYMpathetic, trickyputt. Just pathetic.

Trump is a moron, I'd definitely like to see him leave office in humiliation. The problem is, Pence for sure is scary and may be more dangerous, he's too willing to pander himself by robotically listening to the wrong advice. Either or both in office guarantee better days ahead for Democratic candidates.

Pence is worse. We don't know a whole lot about him since Trump is taking all the spotlight but I think he's a lot scarier. Trump can't seem to get anything done even with a majority.

Pence would have us all in burkas in no time. Those two are very strange bedfellows. One is a serial creep with women and the other cannot have a business dinner with a woman unless his wife is present. Two sides of the same depravity in my view.

Empathetic/sympathetic. Two very different meanings being morphed together by people not knowing the difference. In this case, our POTUS is displaying neither.

In regards to Lucille's original post, I find it alarming that the Feds/PR are not counting deaths. For some reason, they did not include in their count all of the people who died at the hospital when it lost electricity. I would not be surprised if the death toll is in the hundreds. This is all so sad, and it is so frustrating to see how callous Trump is acting. (Of course, he is just being his usual self, the idiot.)

May he be in the direct path of the next hurricane. Then we can hand him a paper towel and tell him that's all he needs. Maybe find a trophy for him also.

As mentioned earlier in the thread the problem is narcissism - a man with a mental problem got put at the helm. By 3 million popular votes less than Clinton got.

Once Trump is out I suspect paper towel manufactures won't be able to keep up with demand...or will it be toilet paper manufactures.

>>Did anyone see him throwing out rolls of paper towels to the Puerto Rican flood victims. Here ya go, this is all you'll need.>>

Aahhhh, but I'm sure it was the VERY BEST, GREATEST paper towels ever.

LOL!

After reading all this hate against my President, I think I'm on the wrong forum.

Never have seem all this hatred in one place.

You must not use the internet much, then. This is pretty tame compared to many other places. I hope you find somewhere more to your liking.

Republican Senators and Congressmen are saying similar things.

See link from which comes this quote " a collective, if private, acknowledgment emerged that Corker was speaking for most Senate Republicans when he stood up to a Trump taunt"

Corker speaks for many Senators

Gotta love Corker. Hey,Patly, his own SOS called him a f-ing moron.

Bye Bye Patly!

I’m so glad to see that other than McCain, there is finally a Repubican who has enough spine to say what he really thinks and it’s someone who’s well respected to boot. The rest of them need to stop shelfishly worrying about their own agenda’s and step up to the plate as well. Both of those clowns need to go and the sooner the better! Idiots, shear idiots.

I would bet money that Trump never expected to win. It's as though he did everything he could NOT to win. i think he ran as a "see what I can do" candidate, and it snowballed. Near the end, he must have been thinking "what the he!! do I do now?" Ever see the movie--the Candidate with Robert Redford?

Corker is "better late than never" to this party. Unfortunately, he didn't jump on board until after voting in Devos and Carson to the cabinet.

I agree that is better late than never Jewels, but I have to say, I do love the way he words his thoughts! Daycare at the White House! One can’t help but laugh yet at the same time it’s so freaking scary!