Retired Lt. General Russel L. Honoré
Retired Lieutenant General: While Trump Golfs, San Juanâs Mayor Is âLiving On A Cotâ
âAnd the president has shown again, you donât give a damn about poor people.â
The retired lieutenant general who led the effort to bring aid to Louisiana after it was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina didnât mince words when talking about the presidentâs response to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico.
On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump unleashed a series of tweets taking aim at San Juan Mayor Carmen YulĂn Cruz. In them, he accused Democrats of having convinced Cruz to be ânastyâ to him, called Cruzâs leadership âpoorâ and said that other leaders in Puerto Rico âwant everything to be done for them.â The tweets were sent from his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey.
In an interview with CNN later in the day, retired Lt. General Russel L. HonorĂ© tore down Trumpâs remarks:
âThe mayorâs living on a cot, and I hope the president has a good day at golf,â he told CNN.
Honoré said the crisis in Puerto Rico is even larger than what he faced during Katrina.
âIs Puerto Rico worse than what you found here in Katrina?â CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller asked HonorĂ© on Friday.
âOh, hell yeah,â Honore said. âThe number one priority is saving lives and when youâre saving lives, youâve gotta figure out what rules youâre gonna break. All the rules we live by are designed for peacetime.â
âAnd this is what?â Miller asked.
âThis is like a war,â he said.
In another interview with CNN, HonorĂ© tied Trumpâs response to a overall lack of compassion to marginalized people.
âAnd the president has shown again, you donât give a damn about poor people,â HonorĂ© told CNN. âYou donât give a damn about people of color and the SOB that rides around in Air Force One is denying services needed by the people of Puerto Rico.â
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Lt. General Russel L. Honoré tells it like it is. I agree.
