Natural disasters

During the election cycle, T-rump told us that in order to get federal funds for disaster relief, everyone had to kiss the proverbial ring (which in this case, is affixed to his voluminous buttocks).  

California's governor would have to apologize to him, and agree to certain things if they wanted any sort of funds for disaster relief, related to their fires.  Because, after all, its all about him.

And he also said that FEMA was wasteful and he wanted to do away.with it, because why would he want to help anyone?

Since he moved back into the oval office, there have been a great number of calamities in "red states" - from fires, to tornadoes, to floods.  People have been left homeless and somewhat helpless.

And of course, the response from T-rump has been mostly crickets. He did have some limited thoughts about some of it, but not much.  FEMA won't be arriving.  And they'll have to wait on federal aid ... until .... who knows?

The governors of the states impacted are really not sure how to act,  When you hear them, they say confusing things about the need for help and don't want to disturb dear leader as he continues his assault on everything to make government "more efficient" (?).  They're taking care of their people! (even if they aren't)

And so their residents suffer.  

Meanwhile, there's another side to this too.  These disasters are happening with an alarming frequency, where they used to be more sporadic. Gutting agencies that study this, cutting off funding on how to help understand and combat these things, and burying your head in the sand and saying "climate change isn't real" will only make matters worse as these things become more frequent and we move closer to a 3rd world country.