--- description: Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell apologized after tweeting that she is "rooting" for Hurricane Dorian to make a "a direct hit" on President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. title: Former Canadian Prime Minister Apologizes After Tweeting She Hoped Hurricane Dorian Would Strike Mar-a-Lago image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt149abb52e2bda736/698a022816d8847b63c36e35/gettyimages-77948853.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Canada](/tag/canada/) ## Canada Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Former Canadian Prime Minister Apologizes After Tweeting She Hoped Hurricane Dorian Would Strike Mar-a-Lago ## Video: Bahamians look for loved ones as 1,300 missing after Dorian [Watch (HLS stream): Bahamians look for loved ones as 1,300 missing after Dorian](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/gVYJySmF.m3u8) (1:47)  _Published 2019-08-26. They scan social media, peer under rubble, or try to follow the smell of death in an attempt to find family and friends. They search amid alarming reports that 1,300 people remain listed as missing nearly two weeks after Hurricane Dorian._ by [Julia Webster](/author/julia-webster/) and [Tara Law](/author/tara-law/) Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:50 PM CUTPublished: Aug 30, 2019 2:45 PM CUT  Former Prime Minister of Canada Kim Campbell takes questions at the International Women Leaders Global Security Initiative 16 November, 2007 in New York. Former Prime Minister of Canada Kim Campbell takes questions at the International Women Leaders Global Security Initiative 16 November, 2007 in New York.DON EMMERT—AFP/Getty Images by [Julia Webster](/author/julia-webster/) and [Tara Law](/author/tara-law/) Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:50 PM CUTPublished: Aug 30, 2019 2:45 PM CUT Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell has issued a “mea culpa” after tweeting that she hoped Hurricane Dorian would strike President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Campbell, [Canada’s](https://time.com/5550984/justin-trudeau-canada-snc-lavalin-scandal/ "undefined") first and only female prime minister, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday: “I’m rooting for a direct hit on Mar a Lago!” in response to a tweet which said Florida is at risk and should prepare for the hurricane approaching. Campbell continued with another tweet on Thursday, in which she said “we will see if Mrs. Post’s design can stand up to the assault!”––a reference to Marjorie Merriweather Post, the businesswoman and philanthropist who first built Mar-a-Lago in 1923 as a place to entertain her guests. Campbell added that, “I know Palm Beach well and am sorry if it gets a big hit.” She also said she wished it would “shake up Trump’s climate change denial,” and pointed out the Trump administration’s [loosening of regulations on methane,](https://time.com/5664449/epa-methane-emissions-rule/ "undefined") a greenhouse gas. On Friday morning, Campbell tweeted that she had deleted her tweet and said that she “sincerely apologize\[d\] to all it offended.” “It was intended as sarcasm-not a serious wish of harm. Throwaway lines get a life of their own on Twitter. I shd \[sic\] know better. Mea culpa.” Trump told reporters on Friday that even though Mar-a-Lago could be struck by Hurricane Dorian, he believes that the resort can withstand the storm. “Mar-a-Lago can handle itself. That’s a very powerful place. The thing I’m worried about is the state of Florida,” Trump said. As of Saturday morning, [Hurricane Dorian](https://time.com/5661353/hurricane-dorian-track-forecast/ "undefined") continues to move west toward Florida. 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