Why in the world is President Donald Trump treating Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory that was decimated by two hurricanes--one right after the other?
Most of his disdain or lack of caring about the island has come out on Twitter. His most recent remarks said,
“The wonderful people of Puerto Rico, with their unmatched spirit, know how bad things were before the H's. I will always be with them!”
Cue the Whitney Houston’s “I will Always Be With You.” It’s OK, Puerto Rico. He’ll always be with you. It’s all better now. Isn’t it? A single tweet made it all go away. Well, not exactly.
But seriously, why does he hate them? When Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma ravaged Texas and Florida he didn’t treat them the same way he’s treating the Puerto Ricans.
Can I ask you, Pres. Trump, a question? You're saying Puerto Ricans have unmatched spirit, what is that about?Much of Puerto Rico is unsalvageable, so why are you encouraging them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and fix their own problems?
Granted we’ve heard about their financial woes from before before, so it doesn’t sound to Trump wants to rebuild Puerto Rico. What do you think? Do you think American dollars should be used to rebuild it? JayMac says yes, they should. If these are American citizens, yes. If Utah was devastated and it couldn't recover on it’s own--you wouldn’t have a problem asking the nation to step up and help out.
A lot of people want to blame Puerto Rico. Do you think it’s the individual citizens are to blame? Are we going to assign blame to for their corrupt government and pretend like that’s not my problem. We can’t just treat this with an attitude of, “You stank it up before.”
We need to treat this like a human-rights issue.
“That’s how I choose to think if them,” Jay said. “I would ask the same thing from before. There ought to be some benefits of being a member of the United States. We ought to find a way. You know how bad things were before the hurricanes? Well, we’re not going to help you rebuild. Do you agree with that?
According to the Associated Press: Authorities in Puerto Rico raised the death toll from Hurricane Maria by 3 to 48 on Saturday based on a review of medical records.
The medical examiner concluded that the hurricane was the deciding factor in the three newly disclosed deaths, Secretary of Public Security Hector Pesquera said.
Precise details were not available, but one occurred in the central town of Caguas when a person was unable to get dialysis treatment after the storm knocked out power.
Another happened in nearby Juncos when a person with undisclosed respiratory problems could not get treatment.
The third occurred in the northern city of Carolina when a person suffering a heart attack was also unable to get treatment.
Pesquera said that the medical examiner is still reviewing all deaths that occurred in island hospitals around the time of the storm and the toll could rise further.
“We are reviewing each and every case to see if the storm was a direct or indirect cause,” he said following a news conference in the capital. “I doubt seriously that we will have any direct at this juncture.”
Maria hit the U.S. island territory Sept. 20 as a category 4 hurricane. The government says about 85 percent of the island remains without power.
Gov. Ricardo Rossello says he is pushing for outside aid to restore electricity and his goal is to have it back for half the island by Nov. 15 and for 95 percent by Dec. 31. But he conceded the task of rebuilding the transmission and distribution network is enormous.
“These are aggressive goals,” Rossello told reporters.
Previously, officials had said it could take as long as March to reach that goal.
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