Trump again attacks San Juan mayor, defends Puerto Rico disastera

Trump slams 'fake news' and 'politically motivated ingrates' for criticizing Puerto Rico aid efforts In his tweets on Sunday, Trump slammed the media and "politically motivated ingrates." Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: https://usat.ly/2kbBvTX WASHINGTON - President Trump defended his administration's response to the humanitarian disaster in Puerto Rico, dismissing any critics of his relief efforts as "fake news" and "politically motivated ingrates."

With long lines for food, water and fuel and noa

With long lines for food, water and fuel and no electricity, Puerto Ricans help each other Daylong waits for necessities have become a way of life for Puerto Ricans after of Hurricane Maria. Check out this story on publicopiniononline.com: https://usat.ly/2yC4sL3 San Juan Mayor Carmen YulA n Cruz had some sharp words about the "inefficiency" of federal response to Hurricane Maria.

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Matt Yglesias has written a good overview of what we now know about Trump in a crisis. It's not good: For the first nine months of his administration, observers have had occasion to wonder - and wonder, and wonder, and wonder - how exactly Donald Trump would manage to handle a real crisis imposed by external events rather than his own impulsiveness.

The Latest: Trump team defends him against San Juan’s mayor

30, 2017, as about 35 patients are evacuated after the failure of an electric... White House officials are defending President Donald Trump's attacks on the mayor of Puerto Rico's devastated capital city, and they say the administration is doing all it can to help victims of Hurricane Maria. Budget director Mick Mulvaney says the public needs to "judge us by the actions, please" in terms of efforts to help Puerto Rico.

Trump scoffs at – politically motivated ingrates’ after Maria

The tweets coming from a president ensconced in his New Jersey golf club sought to defend Washington's efforts to mobilize and coordinate recovery efforts on a U.S. territory in dire straits almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz on Friday accused the Trump administration of "killing us with the inefficiency" after the storm.

This Is NBC: Pres. Trump Called ‘Bitch’, ‘Cheap…

NBC approved of President Donald Trump being gay-baited and called a racial slur by Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchor Michael Che during SNL's 43rd season opener Saturday night as the slurs aired unedited. "After the mayor of San Juan attacked the government's Puerto Rican relief efforts, President Trump attacked her on Twitter, saying, "The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump"" "Oh really, Donald? You bitch! Was she nasty to you? How nasty? Are you shaking? Do you want to go smoke a Virginia Slim until your hand stops moving?" "This isn't that complicated, man, it's hurricane relief.

HHS augments medical care at hospitals in Puerto Rico impacted by Hurricane Maria

The Department of Health and Human Services medical staff today will assist two more partially operational medical facilities and a shelter in Puerto Rico as part of the Trump administration's relief efforts for the U.S. territories impacted by Hurricane Maria. Last night, HHS began providing assistance at four medical facilities.

Puerto Rico governor: More needed, but feds have answered our calls

Much more work must be done to meet Puerto Rico's critical humanitarian needs after Hurricane Maria, the US territory's top official said Saturday, while also emphasizing that the federal government is fulfilling his every request - striking a conciliatory tone minutes after President Donald Trump lambasted a mayor who criticized the US response. "We need to do a lot more in order for us to get out of the emergency," Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo RossellA3 said in San Juan.

Hurricane Maria a reminder of ‘second-class’ status for some

Xavier Totti moved to the mainland United States from his native Puerto Rico 43 years ago. He is still asked routinely if he is "legal," and when he mails packages to relatives back home, he has to fill out an international form.

Trump lashes out at San Juan mayor who begged for more help

President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the mayor of San Juan and other officials in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, contemptuous of their claims of a laggard U.S. response to the natural disaster that has imperiled the island's future. "Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help," Trump said in a series of tweets a day after the capital city's mayor appealed for help "to save us from dying."

‘Such poor leadership’; Trump attacks San Juan mayor who begged for storm aid

President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the mayor of San Juan and other officials in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, contemptuous of their claims of a laggard U.S. response to the natural disaster that has imperiled the island's future. "Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help," Trump said in a series of tweets a day after the capital city's mayor appealed for help "to save us from dying."