Was alabama ever threatened by dorian. 4 three days after his initial tweet in a meeting in the oval office trump displayed a noaa forecast map to demonstrate that alabama was originally believed to have been. The hurricane dorianalabama controversy also referred to as sharpiegate arose from a comment made by president donald trump on september 1 2019 as hurricane dorian approached the us. But he was wrong to include alabama in his.
President trump on thursday launched a renewed effort to push back on criticisms of his claim that hurricane dorians path had threatened alabama sharing maps to make his case and insisting it is. Was dorian projected to hit alabama as trump said it would. But no part of alabama was ever in the forecast.
The parent agency of the national weather service said late friday that president trump was correct when he claimed earlier this week that hurricane dorian had threatened the state of alabama. The national oceanic and atmospheric administrations acting chief on tuesday sought to explain a controversial unsigned statement his agency put out last week defending president donald trumps. Dorian becamea major category 5 hurricane.
By chris walker september 3 2019 president donald trump appeared to be livid with reporting from abc news white house correspondent jonathan karl who pointed out on sunday after a tweet from the president said hurricane dorian threatened alabama residents that the assertion was not true. Hurricane dorian kills 5 people in the bahamas prime minister says trump was wise to issue an alert since dorian was rapidly strengthening at the time.