Joe Biden accused Donald Trump on Wednesday, October 9, of having unleashed a “avalanche of lies” on the US federal government’s handling of hurricanes Helene and Milton. After a meeting at the White House about Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall in Florida overnight, the US president deplored the “Irresponsible, dangerous and continuous dissemination of misinformation and outright lies” about the management of these hurricanes.
Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “lead this avalanche of lies”criticized Joe Biden, for whom disinformation “undermines trust” populations in relief efforts and “It harms those who need it most”.
Since the destructive and deadly passage of Helene in the southeastern United States, killing at least 235 people, Donald Trump and Republicans have accused, without evidence, Democrats of having “he stole the money” of the federal natural disaster response agency (FEMA) to “give it to your illegal immigrants”.
“It’s ridiculous to say that. it’s wrongPresident Biden reacted. It is said that damaged houses are confiscated, but this is simply not true. It is said that the victims will only receive $750 [685 euros]nothing else. This is simply false. »
“A matter of life and death”
The Democratic leader criticized the claims. “even weirder” by Trumpist parliamentarian Marjorie Taylor Greene. She “now he says the federal government completely controls the climate… This is beyond ridiculous. “This has to stop.”Biden decided.
The vice president and Democratic candidate for the November 5 elections, Kamala Harris, attended the meeting from New York, where she is giving a series of interviews to the media. Warning those who would be tempted to take advantage of the hurricane to increase the prices of food, fuel or housing, he assured: “Anyone who misleads consumers will be held accountable. »
For his part, Joe Biden reiterated his calls for caution and evacuation to avoid the arrival of Hurricane Milton, which “It looks like the storm of the century”. “It’s a matter of life or death”he said, repeating comments made the day before.
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 Milton, which will make landfall on the west coast of Florida as“big hurricane” and cross the peninsula from one side to the other.
