Trump’s Dorian Damage Control Still Looks Like Damage Creation
The hurricane-map fiasco was already a national embarrassment by September 12, and Trump was still leaning into it rather than letting it die. The core problem was simple: he had falsely boosted Alabama’s risk, then tried to bully the weather system into matching his claim.
First recorded Sep 12, 2019·Meaningfully updated Sep 12, 2019
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Trump’s Dorian Damage Control Still Looks Like Damage Creation
The hurricane-map fiasco was already a national embarrassment by September 12, and Trump was still leaning into it rather than letting it die. The core problem was simple: he had falsely boosted Alabama’s risk, then tried to bully the weather system into matching his claim.
The hurricane-map fiasco was already a national embarrassment by September 12, and Trump was still leaning into it rather than letting it die. The core problem was simple: he had falsely boosted Alabama’s risk, then tried to bully the weather system into matching his claim.
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