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US Has Money For Everyone Except Hurricane Victims

US Has Money For Everyone Except Hurricane Victims

Could Joe Biden BE any more irrelevant? More disconnected? More of a ghost?

While Donald Trump meets with world leaders - who suddenly seem eager to cozy up to and be photographed with “Hitler” - Joe Biden fades away

Biden hasn’t been running the country in years, but ever since he withdrew from his re-election campaign, Joe Biden isn’t even pretending to be president anymore.

Oh, sure, they wheel him out now and then to make some pronouncement and then he’s swept away by his staff before the press can ask questions.

The White House has become a rest home.

Here was Biden yesterday, announcing that with just six weeks left in office he was embarking on a 10-year plan to revive dead native languages.

At the risk of sounding insensitive, who cares?

Look, it’s nice that Native Americans want to keep their ancient languages alive. I get it, But it’s a little late in Biden’s 4-year term to be starting down this path. And naturally, Biden doesn’t mention how many taxpayer dollars will be dedicated to this endeavor, but no doubt it will be in the millions.

Frankly, there are far more pressing uses for that loot.

For instance, English-speaking western North Carolinians continue to struggle as winter sets in. As a result of Hurricane Helene, many of their houses are gone, their roads remain impassable and disaster money is slow to arrive.

The money going to native languages is a pittance compared to the billions Biden’s handlers - or Dr. Jill, who knows who’s charge? - are shipping overseas.

Odd. There’s always money for other countries: Ukraine, African nations and now Syria, but Americans in desperate need are forced to beg.

JD Vance visited North Carolina on Friday and pledged that on Day One the Trump administration would begin setting things right in the Tar Heel State.

“My simple message to the people of Appalachia is that we haven’t forgotten you — we love you,” said Vance, who made a name for himself writing about the region in his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” according to the Associated Press.

“Certainly when this administration changes hands in the next 45 days, we’re going to do everything that we can to help people rebuild, to get them back on their feet, to bring some commerce back to this area, but, most importantly, to allow people to live in their homes.”

Forty one more days.

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