A key part of Donald Trump's speech from California on Friday was trashing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for the state's fires. One comment he made is turning heads, however. “And Gavin Newscum is gonna sign those papers, and if he doesn’t sign those papers, we won’t give him money to put all his fir...
This isn’t the instance I was thinking of, but apparently trump broke the law, according to the GAO when his administration withheld aid to Ukraine. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/politics/gao-report-administration-violated-law-withholding-aid/index.html
Can some clever historian recall for us the time, if there was one, when trump withheld aid from a US state? I’m a terrible historian, personally.
He withheld aid from the president of Puerto Rico. Which… Was him.
TY! SMH! Can we please not have trump in any position of power, ever again?
New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid (Hurricane Maria, 2017)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-probe-confirms-trump-officials-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749
That was such a wild time with a new scandal or two every morning. I don’t blame anyone for forgetting.
I hope to God I don’t ever have to explain to my son or daughter how Trump got elected a second time.
Literally every morning from 2016-2020 waking up and wondering what fresh new hell #45 was stirring up. Never again.
So? It was an official act and kings are above the law in the US.