Day 237: Trump Oddly Tries to Tie Hurricane Relief to Tax Reform

After a natural disaster, even those that demand smaller government and spending cuts generally recognize the need for large-scale, urgent relief by the federal government. Aid can easily run into the tens of billions of dollars for a single catastrophe, depending on the level of the damage. It’s also a time when most politicians tend to eschew getting overly partisan.

Donald Trump didn’t get any of those messages.

What Irma and Harvey have to do with tax cuts and tax reform is questionable at best. But, if there was a connection, it’d make more sense to push for tax increases in the wake of a natural disaster since spending goes up substantially. This is yet another example of Trump pushing for a policy but not understanding the machinations of how to get to what he wants. Instead of figuring it out, he just says something that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense and hopes others will pick up the pieces for him. If they do, he’ll declare victory; if they don’t, he’ll blame them.

Realistically, it’s just shameful to use devastating storms to push a political position, especially so since the tenuous connection actually advocates for the opposite policy.

237 days in, 1225 to go

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