Trump creates political storm with false claim on Puerto Rico hurricane death tol

"Trump drew immediate rebukes from Democrats as well as some Republicans for denying a sweeping study, which was accepted by Puerto Rican authorities, estimating that there were 2,975 “excess deaths” on the island in the six months after Maria made landfall. Providing no evidence, Trump incorrectly alleged that Democrats raised the death toll “in order to make me look as bad as possible.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-creates-political-storm-with-false-claim-on-puerto-rico-hurricane-death-toll/2018/09/13/151a6572-b76b-11e8-a2c5-3187f427e253_story.html?utm_term=.b2450471424d

 

Being President is a big and complex job, for many aspects of which Trump has no discernible background or aptitude. Making himself look good, on the other hand, is show business - an area of Trump's strength. If he is this bad at that, what possesses people yo think he can be trusted to do anything right?

Or, shorter: what were his voters thinking? Mystery for our age.