Welcome back President Trump making it clear this week that when it came to the

national tragedy caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, he seems to think

that the real victim is him, the president continuing to dispute the

official death toll of close to 3,000 people in Puerto Rico after Hurricane

Maria saying Democrats made up the number, quote, like magic.

Now, of course, the president is combining a few of his favorite things here

in this false claim, blaming the Democrats,

tending to the needs of his ego and reputation, and carelessly spreading conspiracy theories without ever issuing a fraction of proof to back up what he's saying.

He did this for years of course perpetuating the lie that President Obama wasn't born in the United States and

claiming with no evidence that he saw on TV thousands of Muslims in New Jersey

celebrating 9-11 from rooftops suggesting Senator Ted Cruz's father might have been involved in the assassination

of JFK, insisting he only lost the popular vote because 3 to 5 million people voted illegally,

and on and on and on and now in the middle of another deadly storm he blithely

dismisses the Puerto Rico death toll and takes an undeserved victory lap

around an island that is still suffering. Now taking issue with the methodology of the study that

approximated 3,000 deaths, that's one thing, but dismissing those numbers as part of

an attempt to victimize him, that's another. On Twitter this weekend, the governor of Puerto Rico pleaded with President Trump,

offering to walk him through the scientific process that led to the updated death toll.

Quote, there is no reason to underscore the tragedy we have suffered in the aftermath of Hurricane

Maria, Governor Rosseo wrote, quote, I hope you consider sending a message of

support to show you stand with all of the US citizens in Puerto Rico that lost

loved ones. It would certainly be an act of respect and empathy.

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