Ben Rhodes

That means that, you know, like garbage trucks aren't running.

Trash is piled up all over the street.

Anything that's arrived at the island is stuck at the ports, including humanitarian assistance.

And, you know, the Washington Post reported that in extreme cases, people were using donkeys to move supplies from the ports.

The list just goes on.

And I've seen different estimates here on how impactful this single oil tanker would be.

Like some people would say that some people have said that it could meet the country's demand for only nine or 10 days.

Other people have said like a month or two.

Either way, it's not a very long time.

But Trump did comment on this on Air Force One on Sunday.

So let's take a listen.

I'm just so curious what you think is going on because we created the humanitarian crisis that's going on there.

People who clearly have the ear of the administration.

The U.S.

But meanwhile, don't forget that we cut all foreign aid, you know, that was helping people who had AIDS, tuberculosis, you know, like you name it.

Okay, well, we're not going to leave you on that depressing note.

So I'm just going to finish the show here with a reading of a poem.

I'm actually going to read Michael, our amazing producer, his exact language here because he always writes such funny scripts.

He says, Ben, you're a man of letters.

I know you know that the French have had an outsized impact on literature, right?