How did Hurricane Dorian become a political controversy and what does this reveal about the politicization of weather forecasting?

Hurricane Dorian became political when President Trump incorrectly tweeted that Alabama would be affected by the hurricane, despite meteorological evidence showing otherwise. When the National Weather Service in Birmingham correctly stated there was no hurricane threat to Alabama, Trump took this as a personal slight and held a press conference where he used a Sharpie to alter an official hurricane forecast map to include Alabama - an action that is actually illegal under federal law. This incident marked a turning point where weather forecasting, traditionally a non-political scientific endeavor involving "water vapor and sunshine," became unnecessarily politicized, forcing meteorologists into uncomfortable positions defending basic scientific facts.