Trump Touts Relief Efforts In Puerto Rico: 'We've Saved A Lot Of Lives'
Despite criticism of the administration's response, the president was self-congratulatory upon arriving on the island and contrasted the not yet fully known death toll with that of Hurricane Katrina.
by Jessica Taylor
Oct 03, 2017
2 minutes
President Trump traveled Tuesday to devastated Puerto Rico following his administration's maligned response to Hurricane Maria. But as soon as he stepped off the plane, the president was in a self-congratulatory mood.
"The governor is not even from my party and he was tremendously supportive," Trump said of Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo RossellĂł. "Right from the beginning this
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