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New York Periods: Trump considered marketing Puerto Rico subsequent Hurricane Maria, former performing Homeland Security main states

New York Periods: Trump considered marketing Puerto Rico subsequent Hurricane Maria, former performing Homeland Security main states

Brian Rodriguez, July 12, 2020

“The President’s preliminary concepts had been far more of as a businessman, you know,” Elaine Duke, who was serving as DHS’ acting secretary when the hurricane strike the island in September 2017, instructed the Situations.

“‘Can we outsource the electrical energy? Can we can we promote the island? You know, or divest of that asset?'” Trump reportedly said, according to Duke in the newspaper interview. “(She mentioned the notion of offering Puerto Rico was hardly ever severely deemed or talked about just after Mr. Trump raised it.),” the paper noted.

Trump has experienced a fraught heritage with the US territory considering that Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria. Practically 3,000 persons died as a final result of the storm and aftereffects, like prevalent electric power outages.
Trump has previously taken aim at Puerto Rican officers for their administration of the billions in aid cash his administration has appropriated for storm restoration, accusing the island’s leaders of expending some of that cash for good reasons other than hurricane thoroughly clean-up. In November 2018, White House officers instructed congressional leaders and appropriators that the President did not want any additional reduction funding despatched to the island.

Trump has regularly denied any fault for his administration in the aftermath of the storm. The President has as an alternative sought praise for his dealing with of Hurricane Maria, calling it “an outstanding, unsung achievement” past calendar year.

CNN’s Maegan Vazquez, Sarah Westwood and Elizabeth Landers contributed to this report.

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