U.S. media after the Maui fire: Anger is spreading amid the ashes in Lahaina
According to US media reports, after the huge disaster, the residents of Maui are doing their best to organize their own rescue. But at the same time, the doubts and anger in people’s hearts are still lingering: Why didn’t the government step up in time to provide effective help?
CNN reported on the 15th: “Among the ashes in Lahaina, aid is spreading and anger is spreading.” In the wake of one of the worst disasters in Hawaii’s modern history, working-class people living on the island of Maui are taking matters into their own hands, becoming emergency responders and commanders in distress. Hundreds of local lifeguards, carpenters, bartenders, using trucks and borrowed boats, have built and stockpiled a dozen or so makeshift rescue centers and stockpiled supplies across Lahaina’s scorched land, working essentially No help from anyone in uniform, that is, official people.
People questioned why there were no government officials to provide support to the victims. Disappointment turned into anger over time.
Alika, a resident of Maui, USA: Everyone is saying, they don’t come to help us, they don’t care about us at all. There is no one to help us, we can only count on those who are sympathetic and willing to help. We really need help, because this is just the beginning, the difficulties we have to face are just beginning.
Just on the 10th of this month, the Biden administration submitted an appropriation application to the U.S. Congress, requesting a total of more than 20 billion U.S. dollars in support for Ukraine. Former Texas Congressman Ron Paul issued an article on the 14th, criticizing US President Biden for asking Congress to invest more than 20 billion US dollars in Ukraine when the fire in Hawaii caused unprecedented damage. Ron Paul said: “When the United States is falling apart, how can the government continue to find reasons to invest in this losing war? What’s more, this war is not in the interests of the United States at all.” He also said that the United States “Over $120 billion” has been spent on a “proxy war against Russia”. He quoted the analysis of experts from the American think tank Heritage Foundation, saying that this is equivalent to 900 US dollars for each American family. At present, it is difficult for most American families to come up with 1,000 US dollars in cash for emergency. Ron Paul asks: How many Americans want that $900 back instead of putting it in the pocket of a major arms dealer?
REPORTER: Mr. President, what is your comment on the rising death toll from the Maui fires?
US PRESIDENT BIDEN: No, no comment.
Reporter: Can you talk about the emergency response to the fire?
According to multiple foreign media reports, Biden’s response has sparked criticism from the outside world.
The “New York Post” stated on the 14th that Democratic President Biden is indifferent to the fire in Maui because Hawaii is the vote of the Democratic Party. Biden may think that he will win the votes of Hawaii in the next general election anyway. .
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2023-08-17 12:41:00
