In addition to inviting itself to the west coast of Florida, the hurricane Milton has managed to create a storm in American politics.
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TVA Nouvelles contributor Stéphan Bureau raises during a segment on the 10 p.m. bulletin that the natural disasters of recent years have had impacts not only on the environment, but also on the American elections.
Mr. Bureau recalls that the image of George W. Bush had been greatly tarnished by his management of the hurricane Katrina in 2005 since the Americans had the impression that he had taken too long to react and get to the scene.
On the contrary, in 2012, Barack Obama managed to score points in the middle of the electoral campaign against his opponent, Mitt Romney, by showing himself “presidential” on the ground after the passage of the hurricane Sandy on the American east coast.
This time, Donald Trump used the hurricane Milton to make numerous statements that Mr. Bureau points out are, according to many, “Trumpian ramblings.”
“Trump says: ‘FEMA – the organization that is responsible for helping disaster victims – would have a preference for Democratic counties over Republican counties,’” reports the political analyst. “It’s pretty absurd.”
But Kamala Harris’ journey has not been all rosy, Mr. Bureau points out.
She needed to catch up after being caught off guard by the hurricane Helene occurred about ten days ago.
Donald Trump, who quickly showed up on the scene, made him look very bad.
“He took photos and made sure we saw him helping the victims lifting ‘mountains’, offering his hotels to workers who came to help, and Kamala Harris fundraising in California in same time,” explains Mr. Bureau.
However, Mme Harris, wanting to show her determination to help Floridians facing a second storm in a row, ran into a closed door when she tried to call Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
“Tit for tat, the Republican in Florida says: “In three and a half years, she has never called me even though I have managed plenty of storms. She was never interested in the weather before today, how come?” paraphrases the analyst in an interview.
Worse still, Joe Biden would not have helped his vice-president by asserting that his relationship with the governor of Florida was going perfectly.
“Everything is fine,” the president would have predicted, according to Stéphan Bureau.
See Stéphan Bureau’s point of view in the video above.
