#weather
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Incompetence
Gutted NOAA and National Weather Service
Trump fired 880 NOAA employees including hurricane modelers, proposed a 28% budget cut, ended Spanish weather alerts, and transferred hurricane-tracking satellites to the Pentagon. Weather forecasting capacity was severely degraded.
Lies & Misinformation
The Hurricane Dorian Sharpie Incident
Rather than admit a mistaken tweet about Hurricane Dorian threatening Alabama, Trump displayed a doctored weather map altered with a Sharpie in the Oval Office, then pressured NOAA to back up his false claim.