One of President Trump‘s top advisers on Hurricane Dorian issued a lengthy statement on Thursday defending the president’s repeated claims that forecasts showed Alabama getting hit by Hurricane Dorian, adding another twist to the days-long effort to justify Trump’s claim.
The White House circulated a statement on official letterhead from Rear Adm. Peter Brown, a Homeland Security and counterterrorism adviser, who said he briefed Trump multiple times about Dorian as well as models that showed the potential path of the eye of the storm.
“These products showed possible storm impacts well outside the official forecast cone,” Brown said.
View the complete September 5 article by Brett Samuels and Morgan Chalfant on The Hill website here.
NOTE: This kind of strong arming of government agencies charged with protecting the public is concerning. How can the American public trust what it’s being told if those agencies start catering to someone with such a fragile sense of self?