President Donald Trump exclaimed at the size of Hurricane Irma Wednesday morning, remarking on Twitter that there was “No rest for the weary!” for federal disaster workers.
Watching Hurricane closely. My team, which has done, and is doing, such a good job in Texas, is already in Florida. No rest for the weary!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 6, 2017
Hurricane looks like largest ever recorded in the Atlantic!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 6, 2017
On Tuesday, Trump declared states of emergency in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, freeing up federal resources for disaster relief efforts.
Hurricane Harvey battered Houston with its most extreme rain event in history roughly two weeks before Irma’s potential landfall in Florida this weekend. The storm is currently battering the Caribbean.
Though Trump called Irma the “largest ever recorded in the Atlantic,” some meteorologists have actually referred to it as the strongest such storm. Its winds have reached 185 mph, according to several reports. Hurricane Sandy in 2012 was 1,000 miles in diameter, larger than Irma.
good grief - Trump is such a fucking asshole. No rest for the weary?? – i am sure the Orange shitbox will be golfing on Saturday - after all Harvey took away one of his days for the putz to putt
I really don’t wish any ill on Florida, but if Irma is going to hit please do me one favor - totally wipe out Mar a Lago.
Yeah, apparently Donnie Two Scoops’ $28 million Caribbean mansion is or was also at risk. Maybe that’s the only reason he’s concerned.
Link courtesy of @clunkertruck
Trump’s wanting to know which ethnic group he’ll get to ban during this hurricane…
Irma, just move up off the east coast and take a tiny jog west when I (and millions of others) say now.