HERO OF KATRINA HITS WHITE HOUSE

A RETIRED Army general who swooped in to save a storm-battered New Orleans says Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico may become President Trump’s Katrina. “It’s kind of like Katrina: We got it. We got it. Oh, s--t, send in the cavalry,” retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore said Thursday. “This is a hit on White House decision making.” Former President George W. Bush tapped Honore (photo below) in 2005 to fix the government’s bungled response to Katrina. The Louisiana native said if given the command, he’d move 50,000 troops to support to the island of nearly 3.5 million people. “(In) Katrina, I had 20,000 federal troops. Not federal workers, federal troops.” He also recommended moving a military transportation division to Puerto Rico and having the Air Force set up a temporary air strip. The Pentagon announced Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan would oversee the military response in Puerto Rico. Honore, who retired in 2008, said Buchanan was the right man for the job but thought the appointment came too slowly.