“Puerto Rico has been taken care of better by Donald Trump than by any living human being,” Trump told reporters Thursday as he departed the White House for a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Trump’s comments come just days after he told Republican Senators that Puerto Rico had received too much disaster
-- President Donald Trump hit back at criticism he hasn’t done enough to help Puerto Rico recover from devastating 2017 hurricanes, accusing the island’s government of mishandling disaster relief funds and praising his administration’s efforts.
Trump’s comments come just days after he told Republican Senators that Puerto Rico had received too much disaster aid compared with other states and has failed to use it properly. He made the remarks as Republicans and Democrats were negotiating the details of a disaster package. Even the resources from previously approved aid packages for Puerto Rico have been slow to reach those in need. So far, the commonwealth has identified 7,505 rebuilding sites and delivered 4,792 reports to the Federal Emergency Management Agency seeking major repairs. Only 67 projects are proceeding, according to Puerto Rico’s government. In a similar period after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the last U.S. hurricane approaching Maria’s magnitude, more than 9,000 were underway.
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