Trump rips Puerto Rico leaders as governor faces growing pressure to resign
by Daniel Chaitin
| July 18, 2019 11:20 AM
President Trump condemned the leadership of Puerto Rico as thousands of people on the island territory take to the streets calling for Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to resign.
In a pair of tweets Thursday, Trump lamented all the "bad things" in Puerto Rico, including political rival Carmen YulÃn Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, and government corruption.
"A lot of bad things are happening in Puerto Rico. The Governor is under siege, the Mayor of San Juan is a despicable and incompetent person who I wouldn’t trust under any circumstance, and the United States Congress foolishly gave 92 Billion Dollars for hurricane relief, much of which was squandered away or wasted, never to be seen again," Trump said. "This is more than twice the amount given to Texas & Florida combined. I know the people of Puerto Rico well, and they are great. But much of their leadership is corrupt, & robbing the U.S. Government blind!"
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