Janelle Irwin Taylor
President Donald Trump is comparing Hurricane Trump to Hurricane Andrew, which devastated south Florida in 1992.
“It really began to form, and form big, and now it’s looking like it could be an absolute monster,” Trump said in a video taken in the Rose Garden posted to Twitter Thursday night.
Earlier in the day, Trump had posted another tweet commenting on the storm’s size, prompting teasing from the internet because the tweet seemed to celebrate the hurricane.
In his later video, Trump cautioned residents about the danger of such a hurricane.
“It does seem almost certain that it’s hitting dead center and that’s not good. The winds seem to be building at a tremendous rate it looks like the winds are going to be unbelievably high. We’re already and hopefully we’ll get lucky, but it looks to me like this time it’s heading in one direction all indications are it’s going to hit very hard and it’s going to be very big,” Trump said.
The National Weather Service’s latest morning update on the storm has it tracking further south than predictions Thursday with landfall somewhere along south Florida’s east coast before traveling inland toward Orlando.
The update also predicts prolonged exposure as the slow-moving system sits idle, battling land in its path.
Still, the cone of uncertainty still covers almost all of the state. With landfall still expected to be three days out, conditions could change, which could cause the predicted path to shift again.
Because of the uncertainty, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday declared a state of emergence for all 67 counties.
Trump said no matter what happens with the hurricane, the federal government is prepared.
“We’re ready. We have the best people in the world ready and they’re going to help you,” Trump said. “We’re shipping food. We’re shipping water. But it may be that you’re going to evacuate. We’re going to see what happens. We’re waiting.”
Trump ended his message asking Floridians to “be aware and be safe.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2019
4 comments
Alex
August 30, 2019 at 1:02 pm
Hurricane Trump?
gary
August 30, 2019 at 1:18 pm
That’s what Villary calls him! Bahahahaha
Karen Adams
August 31, 2019 at 8:38 pm
He’s only worried that it might impact his property. Has he (and everyone else) forgotten Hurricane Michael, which hit the Panhandle on October 10, 2018, as a Cat 5? And government assistance has been sorely lacking. Oh, but let’s make sure to divert funds from such disasters to his border wall, which will do virtually nothing positive for our country…
gary
September 2, 2019 at 2:38 pm
GOD BLESS DJT! MAGA2020
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