Joe Biden accused Donald Trump on Wednesday October 9 of having triggered a “avalanche of lies” on the US federal government’s handling of hurricanes Helene and Milton. After a meeting at the White House on Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall in Florida overnight, the US president deplored the “irresponsible, dangerous and continued spread of misinformation and outright lies” regarding the management of these hurricanes.
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Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “leads this avalanche of lies”castigated Joe Biden, for whom disinformation “undermines confidence” populations in relief efforts and “harms those who need it most”.
Since the destructive and deadly passage of Helene in the southeast of the United States, killing at least 235 people, Donald Trump and the Republicans have accused, without proof, the Democrats of having “stole the money” of the federal natural disaster response agency (FEMA) for “give it to their illegal immigrants”.
“It’s ridiculous to say that. It’s wrongreacted President Biden. There are claims that damaged houses are confiscated, this is simply not true. It is said that the victims will only receive 750 dollars [685 euros]no more. This is simply false. »
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“A question of life and death”
The Democratic leader blasted the assertions “even weirder” by Trumpist parliamentarian Marjorie Taylor Greene. She “now says that the federal government completely controls the weather… This is beyond ridiculous. This has to stop.”decided Mr. Biden.
Vice President and Democratic candidate in the November 5 election, Kamala Harris, attended the meeting from New York, where she is giving a series of media interviews. Warning those who would be tempted to take advantage of the hurricane to increase the prices of food, fuel or housing, she assured: “Anyone who cheats consumers will be held to account. »
For his part, Joe Biden reiterated his calls for caution and evacuation to ward off the arrival of Hurricane Milton, which “looks like the storm of the century”. “It’s a question of life and death”he said, repeating comments made the day before.
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In a sign that the situation is potentially critical, the president canceled a trip to Germany and Angola to be in the United States during the passage of Milton, which will make landfall on the west coast of Florida as“major hurricane” and cross the peninsula from one side to the other.
