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Trump warned: send help or risk making Puerto Rico crisis 'your Katrina'
Source: The Guardian
Trump warned: send help or risk making Puerto Rico crisis 'your Katrina'
• President to visit Puerto Rico next week to see Hurricane Maria damage
• Trump tweets about island’s ‘massive debt’ despite growing crisis
Ed Pilkington in New York
Tuesday 26 September 2017 21.30 BST
Donald Trump will visit Puerto Rico next Tuesday, to see some of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria on the lives of 3.5 million Americans. As the president announced the visit, however, one Democratic congresswoman who was born in Puerto Rico warned that his lack of attention to the disaster so far risked making it “your Katrina”.
The White House said on Tuesday Trump had also made additional disaster assistance available, “by authorizing an increase in the level of federal funding for debris removal and emergency protective measures”.
But it took the president five full days to respond to the plight of the US territory. When he finally did so on Monday night, his comments on Twitter were so devoid of empathy it threatened to spark new controversy.
Hot on the heels of the billowing dispute he single-handedly provoked over African American sporting figures protesting against racial inequality during the national anthem, Trump effectively blamed the islanders – all of whom are American citizens – for their own misfortune.
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• President to visit Puerto Rico next week to see Hurricane Maria damage
• Trump tweets about island’s ‘massive debt’ despite growing crisis
Ed Pilkington in New York
Tuesday 26 September 2017 21.30 BST
Donald Trump will visit Puerto Rico next Tuesday, to see some of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria on the lives of 3.5 million Americans. As the president announced the visit, however, one Democratic congresswoman who was born in Puerto Rico warned that his lack of attention to the disaster so far risked making it “your Katrina”.
The White House said on Tuesday Trump had also made additional disaster assistance available, “by authorizing an increase in the level of federal funding for debris removal and emergency protective measures”.
But it took the president five full days to respond to the plight of the US territory. When he finally did so on Monday night, his comments on Twitter were so devoid of empathy it threatened to spark new controversy.
Hot on the heels of the billowing dispute he single-handedly provoked over African American sporting figures protesting against racial inequality during the national anthem, Trump effectively blamed the islanders – all of whom are American citizens – for their own misfortune.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/26/trump-puerto-rico-crisis-massive-debt
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