President Donald Trump inquired about the possibility of “offering” Puerto Rico after the island was mauled by Typhoon Maria, his one-time head of homeland security told The New york city Times.
Elaine Duke, former acting secretary of homeland security, stated that Trump approached the situation of a ravaged Puerto Rico as a business owner would and asked about the option of “divesting” or “offering” the U.S. territory as it struggled in the after-effects of the 2017 hurricane. She was surprised by that action, she informed the Times.
” The president’s preliminary concepts were more of as a businessman,” Duke recalled.
Trump railed versus Puerto Rican officials at the time over the amount of money required to restore after Maria struck– and complained that the island had tossed the U.S. spending plan “ out of whack” His administration was dramatically slammed for its slow and insufficient action after the catastrophe, which eventually killed some 3,000 individuals. Trump called San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz ” nasty” after she slammed his administration’s action.
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