'He will not help you': Trump family member says President-elect is 'terrible in a crisis'
If you're relying on Donald Trump to help you in the wake of disasters, like the fires that are raging in Los Angeles, don't hold your breath, says a member of Trump's own family Saturday.
Trump's niece, Mary Trump, is a trained psychologist who has criticized her family in the past. She weighed in on Trump's response to the fires over the weekend, calling out her uncle's decision to instantly attack California Governor Gavin Newsom.
"Unfortunately for us, one of the people who has been most vocal, and least useful, during this ongoing tragedy—Donald Trump—is terrible in a crisis. By that, I don’t mean he doesn’t handle crises well (although this is undoubtedly true), I mean he exploits tragedies for his own ends, making things worse for the rest of us in the process," she wrote.
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She then added, "While a significant portion of our most populous state is literally on fire, conspiracists and purveyors of disinformation on the far right—and let’s be honest, they’re always on the right—are following Donald’s lead by politicizing the disaster."
Mary Trump went on to say that we all know this is how Trump reacts to emergencies like this.
"We've seen the real world consequences of what happens when Donald is in charge during a crisis. He’s withheld disaster aid from states whose governors didn’t pay him sufficient obeisance; he’s diverted resources away from first responders; he’s repeatedly failed communities in crisis, and he’s often made recommendations based on pseudo-science that have made everything worse (He actually recommended detonating a nuclear warhead in the eye of a hurricane in 2020)," she wrote Saturday. "What we can expect, because we've seen time and time again: If you need help in a crisis, but you do not kiss Donald’s a-- sufficiently, he will not help you. He will use the crisis to perpetuate misinformation and conspiracy theories which will lead to a greater loss of life. He will blame the victims. He will divide us against each other. That is the playbook."