Maria's Death Toll Eclipses Katrina's. THANKS, Dotard.

[SuaveSocialist]

Pemalite said:

SuaveSocialist said:

Which is precisely why I explained the current state of FEMA in the third-last paragraph, but it's Beloved Leader's responsibility to ensure that FEMA is properly staffed, trained, prepared, and equipped.  He has clearly fallen short of that minimum standard by a wide margin.

 

That's part of Beloved Leader's actual job, so he should pull himself up by the bootstraps, take personal responsibility and do it already.  The warning signs were there when he dragged his ass in appointing the head of the Agency.

 

You will also note I never proposed "more funding", though I did point out that his very first instinct was to defund them in areas necessary for FEMA to live up to its role effectively.

 

Fake leadership.

1. There is a ton of different levels of management... And sometimes things can take years to change for the better...

2. Beloved Leader doesn't actually manage the various rungs of Emergency services

1. Beloved Leader is accountable for the top level of management (he actually appointed FEMA's director), and FEMA was credited as "efficient" and "effective" under the Obama Administration.  It did not take ol' 44 long to turn the Agency around, and it did not take Beloved Leader long to let it fall from grace.

2. But he IS responsible for overseeing FEMA in particular, including the appointment of senior positions (trickle-down incompetence is entirely on him), funding (deciding their basic ability to respond),  helping co-ordinate large-scale disaster response, etc.

Besides...Beloved Leader saw fit to personally claim responsibility for FEMA's performance with respect to Hurricane Maria, giving himself a "10 out of 10".  Whoopsie.