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LudwigPastorius

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4. Yep, Trump has been trying to erase Puerto Rico from the U.S. for years now.
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 11:34 PM
Apr 2025

The Pirates' owner is just another billionaire bending the knee to him.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/512840-former-dhs-official-trump-called-puerto-rico-dirty-asked-to-trade-it/

(2020) A former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official said Wednesday President Trump called Puerto Rico “dirty” and asked if it could be swapped for Greenland.

Miles Taylor, a former DHS official who has endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, said Trump asked about trading Puerto Rico for the Danish territory amid trips officials took to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

“The president’s talked before about wanting to purchase Greenland, but one time before we went down, he told us not only did he want to purchase Greenland, he actually said he wanted to see if we could sell Puerto Rico. Could we swap Puerto Rico for Greenland,” Taylor said Wednesday on MSNBC. “Because in his words Puerto Rico was dirty and the people were poor.”

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