Well, the aftermath of Hurricane Milton has given us yet another chance to see the familiar dance between President Biden and Donald Trump, trading barbs over disaster relief while millions of Floridians sit in the dark without power or running water. As recovery efforts ramp up in Florida, the political blame game is in full swing, with each side insisting they’re the real heroes here—just in time for November.
Trump isn’t holding back, of course. He’s been all over social media, branding Biden’s handling of the disaster response as “THE WORST RESPONSE TO A STORM OR HURRICANE DISASTER IN U.S. HISTORY.” It’s classic Trump—big, bold, and sure to get a reaction. He even took it a step further, comparing it to the botched response to Hurricane Katrina back in 2005, a time when the federal government’s failures became a national embarrassment. Trump’s message is clear: if you thought Katrina was bad, hold my diet coke.
The former president also showered praise on the southern Republican governors, claiming they’re doing a “fantastic job” handling the storms. Naturally, he contrasted that with the “failures” of the federal response, focusing particularly on the situation in North Carolina, where he says people have been left to “suffer unjustly.” And you can bet he’s not missing a chance to take shots at FEMA, suggesting—without much in the way of evidence—that disaster relief funds are being siphoned off to support undocumented immigrants. It’s the kind of red meat that gets his base fired up, and Trump knows it.
Biden, for his part, is not about to let these attacks go unanswered. He’s been doing his own media rounds, accusing Trump of peddling an “onslaught of lies.” That’s the Biden strategy: just keep insisting the facts are on his side and hope it sticks. He fired back with his signature condescension, telling Trump to “get a life, man” and claiming the public would hold Trump accountable for his supposed falsehoods.
DISGUSTING
A reporter asked Biden if he spoke to President Trump and this was his response..
“Mr. President Trump.. Get a life man. Help these people.”
President Trump just housed 275 linemen at Trump Doral. What is Biden doing?! pic.twitter.com/uoWZYND45z
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 10, 2024
But while Biden is out there playing fact-checker-in-chief, Trump’s been busy making a show of his own efforts. He’s hosted a GoFundMe campaign that’s raked in over $7 million for victims of Hurricane Helene in Georgia and even opened up a family hotel in Florida to house 200 linemen working to restore power. And look, say what you want about Trump, but the guy understands optics. He’s got his MAGA army cheering him on while he frames himself as the real man of action—contrasting his own efforts with what he paints as the slow-motion response from the Biden administration.
“Mr. President Trump… Get a life, man. Help these people.” – Biden
Trump pic.twitter.com/l3Obd6XAxU
— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) October 10, 2024
Meanwhile, Vice President Harris is trying to strike a different tone. She’s all about “unity” and “not pointing fingers”—as if that’s going to cool down the rhetoric a few weeks before Election Day. She appeared on the Weather Channel, insisting that leaders should be reassuring people and showing that everyone is working together. Sure, it sounds nice, but it’s a little hard to buy the “can’t we all just get along?” act when her own running mate is taking shots at Trump in the same breath. She’s also trying to distance herself from Biden while saying she wouldn’t change a thing about his presidency. Is there a brain in her head?
Kamala tells The View hosts that she wouldn’t change anything Joe did, and she’s been part of all his decisions.
So, in addition to Joe’s destruction, she will implement her radical policies, putting the final nail in America’s coffin! pic.twitter.com/8dnVb6oSnR
— Eddie (@Eddies_X) October 8, 2024
Vs. this- what a joke.
NEW: Kamala Harris advisor Mitch Landrieu says Kamala is different than Joe Biden because she is a woman of color.
Remarkable analysis.
CNN: How do you think Kamala is different than President Biden?
Landrieu: First of all, whatever the differences is between them, it’s not… pic.twitter.com/emc8R1KmTY
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 10, 2024
And what about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who’s practically become a hurricane recovery pro at this point? He’s been in constant crisis mode, and to his credit, he’s trying to stay above the fray—for now. He even acknowledged Biden’s willingness to help, saying he appreciated the collaboration between federal, state, and local governments. It’s a rare bipartisan moment, but let’s not pretend this truce is built to last. DeSantis knows he might need Biden’s help now, but he’s got his eye on 2028, and he’s not about to forget who his competition is.
Ultimately, it’s all a perfectly timed political storm, with two hurricanes hitting the Southeast and a Category 5 election just weeks away. Each side is trying to play the hero while pointing fingers at the other, and the only thing you can count on is that the attacks will keep coming. As always, the real victims are the people stuck without power, watching politicians bicker over who did what while they just try to get through the aftermath. But in the 2024 campaign season, even disaster relief has to be politicized. It’s just the way Washington works—or doesn’t.
