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Trump thinks Americans have forgotten how bad his hurricane relief efforts were

By Alicia Menendez and Lynox Norman

As communities across the Southeastern United States reel from the deadly impacts of Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene, Donald Trump is weaponizing the tragedy by undermining faith in government institutions. He's exploiting these extreme weather events by spreading disinformation and scapegoating migrants, all while ignoring the climate crisis that contributed to historic back-to-back hurricanes.

At a rally Wednesday, just hours before Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key, Florida, Trump repeated debunked lies about the Federal Emergency Management Agency's response. During a storm briefing hours before, President Joe Biden was forced to push back against Trump's lies about FEMA dollars being diverted to migrants, slamming Trump's disinformation campaign as "reckless and irresponsible."

This is a preview of Alicia Menendez's latest article. Read the full column here. For more thought-provoking insights from Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez and Symone Sanders-Townsend, watch "The Weekend" every Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m. ET on MSNBC.

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