Trump Says No One Could Have Predicted Hurricane at Peak of Hurricane Season

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Trump added.
50% : Upon arriving in Georgia, Trump told reporters that he hasn't spoken to President Joe Biden since Helene made landfall over the weekend.
50% : You have to plug the cord into the phone for it to work," Trump wrote.
34% : Earlier on Monday, Trump posted on Truth Social about the devastation, baselessly accusing Democrats of withholding relief from "Republican areas."
31% : "I think he's sleeping right now, actually."Trump added that Governor Brian Kemp (R) is "doing a good job" but that "he's having a hard time getting the president on the phone."
30% : Trump has regularly scoffed at the climate crisis creating more extreme weather events like Hurricane Helene, claiming that rising sea levels will only create more beachfront property.
26% : Regardless of the actual on-the-ground efforts to bring relief to people who remain trapped in flooded areas -- and cut off from basic supplies like food, water, and electricity -- Trump is using the tragedy to browbeat Democrats ahead of the November election.
25% : During a press conference in front of a building that had been reduced to rubble, Trump claimed that "nobody thought" a hurricane of this magnitude could strike the United States "so late in the [hurricane] season.
3% : During a visit to Valdosta, Georgia, Trump falsely accused President Biden of "sleeping" through the disaster that has ravaged the southeastAs communities throughout the southeastern United States reel from the impact of Hurricane Helene, Donald Trump is focused on blaming Democrats and ensuring his campaign capitalizes on the tragedy which has killed more than 100 people.

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