Saturday, March 21, 2020

President Trump sends 42 billion dollars from FEMA to New York State




 
The Trump administration has issued a Major Disaster Declaration for New York, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, officials said.

The emergency declaration Friday from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) unlocks access to a nationwide pot of $42 billion in vital aid from the Disaster Relief Fund, as the number of confirmed New York cases soar and critical medical supplies remain scarce, according to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer.

“With no time to waste, the administration heeded the call and approved the nation’s first Major Disaster Declaration in response to the coronavirus, right here in New York,” Schumer said in a statement.

“With more and more cases confirmed here each day, it’s imperative that the federal government does everything within its power to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus.”

 The declaration is typically ordered in the wake of natural disasters, like Hurricane Sandy or other major storms and flooding events.



21 comments:

Rob in Manhattan said...

Sure, after calling this a "democrat hoax" and claiming it will "just disappear", the Jackass In Chief is scared so he'll take a bit of time out from castigating reporters and second guessing doctors to sign some helpful measures.

You see how the financial markets dived right after he spoke? They(investors and advisers)know that idiot is in WAY over his head and can't bluster and bully his way back to credibility this time.

State Governors are taking over now and that is what will save the situation.

Rob in Manhattan

Anonymous said...

Sure Rob ... More wired cult like reasoning that you can't let go. #TDS Virus !
Lefty Jackass look in the mirror.

We will not let Trump close the borders 2016 !
We will not let Trump close the borders 2017 !
We will not let Trump close the borders 2018 !
We will not let Trump close the borders 2019 !
Trump is not doing enough to protect us 2020 !

Anonymous said...

These progressive maniacs would gleefully burn down the country and see their fellow countrymen suffer terrible loss if it meant getting rid of President Trump. They have twisted minds and sick souls.

Just sayin' said...

@Rob. President Hillary would have stopped this in its tracks?

Anonymous said...

Rob in Manhattan said...
Stop with the tribal politics it's getting old !

Anonymous said...

Where is Creepy/Sleepy Joe on this ?
"I may have dementia, but thank God I don't have dementia!"
-Joe Biden

JQ LLC said...

@Just sayin'

Yes, Hillary sucks and is a rotten human being, but there is no time for hypotheticals

Focus on the man who got the position and took the responsibility.

The man who said "I alone can fix it"

JQ LLC said...

@Anon re:borders and years

How come Trump has not mentioned illegal aliens as another source of the pandemic yet?

Anonymous said...

"How come Trump has not mentioned illegal aliens as another source of the pandemic yet?" Got it Professor you have only noxious and baneful remarks.
Show some respect for the United States and use the correct name "President Trump".

Anonymous said...

Are Rachel Maddow and Rob in Manhattan the same person ?
Just wondering out loud...

Anonymous said...

Ok the man in charge of the eastern district of FEMA IS THE Coward
X FDNY fireman,union President of the UFA94,and soul selling Fire Commissioner,the only rank that lost no one ON 9/11,did I say COWARD
MISTER TOM VON ESSEN,TOM HAS NOT MADE A STATEMENT YET,HE RAN AWAY FROM GROUND ZERO ON 9/11,PUERTO RICO,S EARTHQUAKE AND N.Y. AND NJ,S CORONA VIRUS,TRUMP HAD NO IDEA WHO HE WAS HIREING WHEN RUDY SOLD THIS POS RESUME MERCHANT OF DEATH AND DISHONESTY

Nostradamus said...

Better to have the devil you know - djt - than the devil you dont - hillary rodham. When this blows over, the economy may take off early fall, and djt gets re-elected. The future has yet to be written, n'est pas? November 3 is five months away.

Go ahead. Now you prognosticate.

JQ LLC said...

@Anon Re: FEMA

Thanks for letting us know who was appointed to monitor emergency management in NYC. Did not know it was Von Essen. Surprised I haven't seen any reports on him

@Anon re: respect

Look at the post headline. I thought #TDS only affected partisan liberals cognitive abilities.

JQ LLC said...

@anon Re: devil

No argument from me about that. Trump has over 50% support over his handling of the outbreak, even though he initially blew off early reports of the Wuhan Coronavirus initial spread.

Anonymous said...

42 billion. Let’s see how fast the Dems can blow through that. Chirlane McCray call your office

Anonymous said...

Sure their taking money from FEMA,VON ESSEN failed Puerto Rico miserably
Their paying him 180k to stick his head in the sand,VON ESSEN will have more blood on his hands,deaths from 9/11,deaths from the hurricanes that destroyed Puerto Rico and even more deaths on his hands as the Failure of FEMA during the corona virus,it's like being a paid Serial Killer.
TRUMP MUST FIRE TOM VON ESSEN FEMA DIRECTOR EASTERN DISTRICT NOW BEFORE MORE DIE.

Anonymous said...

Let someone use it since FEMA has no clue.

Joe said...

I think that giving all that money to FEMA was a huge mistake.
They are a bunch of fuckups as bad as the Red Cross.
I bet NYC doesn't see 1/3 the benefits of that money, Trump should have hired Elon Musk and his pool of brilliant people who know how to get things done to handle the technical logistics.
FEMA has fucking idiots, I worked with them in St.Croix after Hurricane Hugo. They let the local government honchos steal all the money and the local natives steal all the equipment. ----just like we repeated see in Puerto Rico.
The actual people in need see NOTHING.

Anonymous said...

F FEMA!! F all Government bureaucracies. This virus might finally drain the swamp. True Americans will realize our ”elites” are morons. They are incompetent and corrupt!

Anonymous said...

Is Rob in Manhattan and Harvey Weinstein the same person?

Anonymous said...

Is Rob in Manhattan and Madona the same person ?