Trump doesn't think he's 'ever even heard of a Category 5' hurricane. Four such storms have threaten

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Source: cnn.com


Trump doesn't think he's 'ever even heard of a Category 5' hurricane. Four such storms have threatened the US since he took office



Updated 8:14 AM ET, Mon September 2, 2019


Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said Sunday that he's "not sure that (he's) ever even heard of a Category 5" hurricane, despite four such storms -- including Hurricane Dorian -- having threatened the US since he took office.

"We don't even know what's coming at us. All we know is it's possibly the biggest. I have -- I'm not sure that I've ever even heard of a Category 5. I knew it existed. And I've seen some Category 4's -- you don't even see them that much," Trump said at a briefing with officials at FEMA's headquarters in Washington, DC.

"But a Category 5 is something that -- I don't know that I've ever even heard the term other than I know it's there. That's the ultimate, and that's what we have unfortunately," he added, in reference to Hurricane Dorian.

The comments from the President came just before Dorian, a dangerous Category 5 storm, made landfall on the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas. The storm is the most recent of four Category 5 hurricanes to endanger parts of the US since Trump assumed the Oval Office. As of Monday morning, Dorian is still battering the Abaco and Grand Bahama Islands. The hurricane -- the strongest on the planet anywhere this year -- lashed the region overnight and is forecast to continue through much of Monday. The storm is now expected to move northward and possibly bring hurricane-force winds to Florida Monday night before moving up the east coast.........................................

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/01/politics/donald-trump-category-5-hurricane-dorian/index.html

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I think it is really dangerous that a president would forget or blabber on and on like this during a Hurricane news conference.

[Phoenix61]

1. Hurricane Michael, 10 months ago, was a Cat 5 storm.

He went to the Florida Panhandle and saw the damage. God, he's just too stupid for words.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Bedbug6 is a lot closer to home than a Cat5

and not very popular

[Botany]

3. Even the republicans have to know he is fucking nutz. Hurricane Katrina????

From wiki: Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane that made landfall on Florida and Louisiana in August 2005

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

[lonely bird]

4. They do know...

They don’t care.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. You don't even have to go back to Katrina

In 2017, Hurricane Maria was a CAT 5 and since then, he has spent the past 2 years ENDLESSLY arguing and fussing with the mayor of San Juan. And earlier that year Hurricane Irma hit FL. Last year there was Hurricane Michael that blasted into the FL pan handle and tore through Alabama. Hurricane Matthew was in 2016, where Dorian appears to be paralleling the latter portion of Matthew's track (which is expected to go up the FL east coast).

There was a tweet that I saw yesterday related to Dorian and the CAT 5s just the past 4 years -

Link to tweet

TEXT
Dakota Smith @weatherdak

Four straight years.

Five category five hurricanes.

Five incredible eyes.
Embedded video
5,634
10:22 AM - Sep 1, 2019

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

17. I don't think Katrina threatened any Trump resorts, so it doesn't count.

If it doesn't affect Trump, it didn't happen.

[mpcamb]

5. 25th Amendment Invocation time.

Unload his worthless ass to the dustbin of history for incompetence and stupidity.

[Cousin Dupree]

7. Every day is Groundhog Day for The Demented Toddler

[TeamPooka]

8. He's a senile idiot. Not a good combination.

[Turbineguy]

9. Gee....

I thought he was supposed to know everything.

[soryang]

10. the government is drowning in the bathtub

insufficient fund of knowledge, poor situational awareness, avaricious ministers, it's a sociopathocracy.

[Still In Wisconsin]

11. Trump's hurricanes are the biggest, greatest hurricanes.

They're unbelievable. Incredible. Nobody has ever seen anything lie Trump's hurricanes.

[Scarsdale]

12. You should have stopped

at "tRump doesn't think" We all know that.

[BigmanPigman]

13. I think he is just PLAIN STUPID when it comes to this issue

and not related to his mental issues. He IS a fucking moron after all.

[friend of m and j]

14. I'll lay odds that he can't remember the name of the storm that hit Puerto Rico even though

he has ranted many times about giving them 92 million in aid after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. The Washington Post reports that about $14 billion of funds allocated by Congress has reached Puerto Rico so far.

[christx30]

15. I can believe Trump may not have heard of a category 5 storm.

It's not something that can be talked about in the same sentence as "Donald J. Trump", so why learn about it? Trump is the only thing that matters to Trump.

[Brainfodder]

16. His brain stuck in denial mode?

If it's awful, it didn't happen or doesn't exist I don't think, or Hillary or Obama did it and/or are nasty: welcome to Monday?

Can someone pick up grandpa and take him away please, he's blocking the grownups, and the older one, Moscow Mitch is drooling again, did a puppy die?

[IronLionZion]

18. Dude has dementia, and definitely needs some mental health treatment

[Paladin]

19. trump has repeatedly denied knowledge of Category 5 storms.

Last night, a news channel showed trump using the same basic "I never even heard of a Category 5 hurricane" line, over and over and over again---4 separate times, at least. Fucking moron.

[BlueIdaho]

20. This is even more disturbing...

Repeating the same claim at least four times in three years could show either a real lack of concern for the truth - or worse yet - a very feeble memory.

[Paladin]

21. That footage was on either CNN or MSNBC last night.

I'm betting they'll show it again---particularly if trump spews out yet another comment about never having heard of a Category 5.

[BlueIdaho]

22. Thanks, I caught that...

He’s either lazy or crazy...

[Paladin]

23. Both. (nt)