With one of the most powerful and deadly hurricanes on record threatening our country, it would be nice to have a President who takes the matter seriously, wouldn’t it?
However, our president is Donald Trump, and he seemingly can’t take anything seriously… Even if he tries.
On Sunday, President Trump stated in one of his infamous tweets that Alabama was among the several states predicted to be affected by Hurricane Dorian’s rampage across the country. Except… It isn’t.
And, rather than admitting to his mistake, Trump went on to display a hurricane map that had been obviously altered to falsely show the storm passing over Alabama. Yes, while our country waits for a battering from perhaps the most dangerous storm of all time, our President is out there making fake maps.
Keep reading to see the ridiculous edit, which has left people all over the world in complete disbelief.
Dorian initially developed from a tropical wave in the Central Atlantic on August twenty-fourth last week.
Since then, however, it has grown into an extremely powerful tropical cyclone and has caused widespread flooding and destruction to the Bahamas.
And a Category 5 hurricane is the deadliest of them all.
Category 5 is the highest classification on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, and only storms of wind gusts of at least 156 mph can be classed in this category.
It has still left a devastating trail of mass destruction across the Bahamas.
And, upon doing so, it viciously battered the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama.
There have been miles upon miles of destruction, with roofs torn off, scattered debris, overturned cars, shipping containers and boats, and alarmingly high water levels, resulting in dangerous flooding.
The death toll in the Bahamas currently stands at 20, but as searchers comb the landscape in the upcoming days, the full extent of the damage will be revealed.
The eye is projected to remain just off the coast of the eastern US, moving past South Carolina later on today. It has been estimated that up to 1.5 million people could be ordered to evacuate the U.S Coastline within the next couple of days.
The storm is currently parked in the Atlantic Ocean about 100 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina.
Roughly 206,295 customers are without power in Georgia and South Carolina as of 7:30 a.m today, and mild flooding has been reported.
In true Trump fashion, our President decided to pipe up and state that Alabama is at risk of being affected by the storm, too.
But is Alabama actually at risk?
According to the National Hurricane Center, and pretty much every qualified meteorologist ever to exist, Alabama will not experience any effects from the storm.
As you can see in the diagram above, Alabama is not in, or anywhere near, the storm’s path.
The President refused to admit that he was wrong, and instead sent out a passive-aggressive tweet aimed at ABC’s “lightweight” reporter, all while standing firmly with his claims.
Oh, didn’t I mention?
Our President actually produced a map of Hurricane Dorian’s path that had been altered to confirm his claims about Alabama being affected.
On Wednesday, Trump displayed the map, which appears to have been crudely edited with some form of Sharpie pen.
Take a closer look.
They could have at least used a white marker to make it look authentic…
He denied any wrong-doing, of course. A White House reporter asked him about the map, saying “it looked like someone took a Sharpie….,” the Washington Post reported.
“I don’t know. I don’t know,” Trump reportedly replied, and he repeated the false claim that Alabama was in the storm’s path.
You stay classy, Mr. President.
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