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Trump’s Dubious Revisionist History of Hurricane Maria

The president grades himself highly for how the federal government responded to the disaster in Puerto Rico.
Source: Evan Vucci / AP

It’s every subpar student’s daydream: What if you could fill out your own report card? President Donald Trump enjoyed that fantasy Wednesday morning with regard to last year’s federal response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and elsewhere:

On Tuesday, he was even more effusive about the Maria effort. “I actually think it was one of the best jobs that’s ever been with respect to what this is

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