White Dwelling: No designs nevertheless for Biden to go to storm-ravaged Florida and Puerto Rico

Christian Datoc

September 30, 04:46 PM September 30, 04:46 PM

The White Residence has not yet built programs for President Joe Biden to check out Florida or Puerto Rico to study the fatal destruction brought on by Hurricanes Ian and Fiona.

As of Friday, the two storms have killed dozens of Floridians and Puerto Ricans and left tens of millions devoid of water or electricity. Ian designed landfall on the South Carolina coastline yet again Friday early morning.

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Biden advised Federal Crisis Management Company officers on Thursday that he wished to pay a visit to both of those places "when the disorders allow it," but White Dwelling push secretary Karine Jean-Pierre explained to reporters Friday that she did not have anything at all to "announce" heading into the weekend right after struggling with various queries on the matter.

In working with the storm, Biden has been forced to function in conjunction with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), a 2024 Republican presidential hopeful who has annoyed the White Residence with a series of "political stunts" involving apprehended immigrants in latest weeks.

"I want to be incredibly crystal clear about this. This is not about politics, right? This is about the men and women of Florida and what they want," Jean-Pierre responded when asked Friday if Biden wished to fulfill with DeSantis in man or woman. "When we noticed Surfside — the awful, catastrophic building slipping in Surfside and killing so lots of Floridians not much too extensive ago, over a 12 months in the past, you saw Gov. DeSantis and you observed this president sit aspect by side, speaking about how they have been going to function with each other to make sure that that local community bought all the things that they need to have. So this is not about politics."

"I you should not have anything to share about a excursion that the president is heading to be producing. He spoke for himself yesterday," she reported. "This is a thing that he would like to do when it's acceptable in Florida. He does want to also go to Puerto Rico, and when we have an announcement to make, we undoubtedly will make that announcement."

You can view Friday's briefing in total under.

Puerto Rico loses power as Hurricane Fiona batters island

Jack Birle

September 18, 05:26 PM September 18, 06:36 PM

Puerto Rico has lost power as Hurricane Fiona batters the island with sustained winds of 80 miles for each hour.

Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi verified the island dropped energy but is commencing to operate to restore ability, commencing with the Palo Seco electricity plant.

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Hurricane Fiona intensified from a tropical storm and is now 50 miles south of Ponce Puerto Rico, in accordance to the Countrywide Hurricane Centre. The storm is at this time going West-Northwest at 8 miles for every hour.

President Joe Biden authorized an crisis declaration from the governor Sunday, authorizing the Federal Crisis Management Agency to manage and coordinate aid initiatives.

The island is nevertheless recovering from the disastrous impression of Hurricane Maria in 2017, when thousands of individuals died and relief was held up.

Trump mulled investing Puerto Rico for Greenland: E-book

Ryan King

September 16, 02:10 PM September 16, 02:10 PM

A new e-book exposed that even though previous President Donald Trump had his sights established on a massive international actual estate offer for Greenland, he viewed as trading Puerto Rico for the Danish territory.

Trump eyed Greenland throughout his early White Home times and considered pulling federal money from Puerto Rico or outright investing the island territory for Greenland, according to the reserve The Divider: Trump in the White Dwelling, 2017-2021. Although it is not crystal clear if Trump supplied Puerto Rico to Denmark, his bid to obtain the frosty island failed in 2019.

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“I adore maps. And I always claimed: ‘Look at the dimensions of this. It’s huge. That need to be aspect of the United States,’” Trump explained all through an job interview for the ebook, for each the New York Periods. The e-book was penned by married reporter couple Peter Baker and Susan Glasser. They interviewed Trump in April and November of previous calendar year.

The endeavor to snag Greenland was supported by Ronald Lauder, a cosmetics heir who has been acquainted with Trump considering that college or university, in accordance to the book. Lauder reportedly presented to act as an middleman in between the U.S. and Denmark.

Although some in Trump's orbit dismissed Trump's fixation on Greenland as a mere passing amusement of the previous president, others took measures to think about it. John Bolton, the national security adviser at the time, advised his aide to contemplate concepts on how to receive Greenland, in accordance to the reserve.

Bolton felt Greenland could provide as a vital counter to China in the Arctic region even if obtaining it was not doable, per the e-book. Fascination in Greenland culminated in 2019 when Denmark’s primary minister shrugged off chat of advertising Greenland as “absurd.” Experience snubbed, Trump canceled a journey to Denmark in reaction.

“Denmark is a quite special nation with unbelievable individuals, but dependent on Primary Minister Mette Frederiksen’s reviews, that she would have no interest in talking about the order of Greenland, I will be postponing our conference scheduled in two weeks for a different time,” Trump tweeted at the time.

Social media end users speedily dredged up an outdated clip of 2016 GOP presidential contender Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) fretting that Trump may perhaps one day nuke Denmark if he assumed the presidency.

Trump reportedly belittled Puerto Rico as “dirty," a previous Section of Homeland Security official claimed in 2020, and the previous president confronted condemnation for his reaction to Hurricane Maria pummeling Puerto Rico in 2017.

The Divider: Trump in the White Home, 2017-2021 is slated for publication upcoming Tuesday. The book also revealed that Trump dominated out owning former Vice President Mike Pence as his working mate in a hypothetical 2024 race.