Donald Trump denied disaster aid to four Democratic-led states in a move that is raising new questions about whether he’s injecting political motivations into emergency management decisions.

Trump on Friday rejected $227 million in aid requests from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island for help recovering from a major snowstorm in February. Two days earlier, Trump approved Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster aid for six Republican-led states, while extolling the political virtues of GOP politicians and candidates in the states.

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    4 days ago

    “raising new questions”?

    Anyone with one working synapse knows that he is doing it for political reasons and for personal spite. Probably in the opposite order.

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      2 days ago

      I’m so sick of the media pretending he’s a normal president and that every new atrocity is a new revelation that he’s maybe possibly corrupt