UPDATED: President Trump on Puerto Rico: 'At a Local Level They Have to Give Us More Help'
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Source: Mediaite
by Colby Hall | 8:43 am, October 3rd, 2017
President Donald Trump briefly addressed the media on the White House lawn has he made his way to Marine One with First Lady Melania by his side. The Commander-in-Chief is on his way to view hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico today, the recovery of which has become something of a political football.
Starting last Friday, and through the weekend, Mr. Trump was in a rhetorical battle with those who have been critical of this administration’s response to Puerto Rico, especially Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, who had suggested that the US Territory she calls home was on the verge of “genicide.”
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The fact that the sitting President of the United States would call out the character of those without power, communications and drinkable water — and desperate for any help — seemed distasteful by many. So what did Trump say today? Well, it wasn’t that great (emphasis mine):
Well, I think she’s come back a long way. I think it’s now ago no longer acknowledged what a great job we’ve done. Texas and Florida we get an a plus. I think we’ve done just as good in Puerto Rico and it’s a much tougher situation. Now the roads are cleared. Communications starting to come back. We need their truck drivers. Their drivers have to start driving trucks. We have to do that. At a local level they have to give us more help. I will tell you the first responders, the military, FEMA, they have done an incredible job in Puerto Rico. And whether it’s her or anybody else, they’re all starting to say it. I appreciate very much the governor and his comments. He has said we have done an incredible job and that’s the truth.
Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/president-trump-on-puerto-rico-at-a-local-level-they-have-to-give-us-more-help/
UPDATE:
Trump: We’ve done as well in Puerto Rico as we did in Texas and Florida
BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 10/03/17 09:01 AM EDT
President Trump on Tuesday said he believes his administration has done just as well on the recovery efforts in Puerto Rico as it has in Florida and Texas.
“I think it’s now acknowledged what a great job we’ve done. And people are looking at that day. And in Texas and in Florida we get an A+. And I’ll tell you what, I think we’ve done just as good in Puerto Rico, and it’s actually a much tougher situation,” Trump told reporters.
Trump has received criticism from some Democratic lawmakers for the relief efforts in Puerto Rico, which was ravaged by two hurricanes last month. A group of Democratic senators in a Tuesday letter to Trump called on him to send relief to and concentrate on efforts for the islands of Vieques and Culebra.
During his Tuesday morning remarks, Trump praised the first responders working on the island.
“But I will tell you, the first responders, the military, FEMA, they have done an incredible job in Puerto Rico,” he said.
more
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353576-trump-weve-done-as-well-in-puerto-rico-as-we-did-in-texas-and-florida
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Perfect description! That's poetry, right there.
He is incapable of framing anything except as it relates to his personal lying accomplishments.
Won't somebody rid us all of this guy?
Please, Mr. Mueller, keep working with all due diligence and speed.
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