President Trump Meets Responders And Victims In Puerto Rico

Reuters: Trump to meet victims, responders in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - President Donald Trump arrived in Puerto Rico on Tuesday to view the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Maria and meet residents, many of whom are frustrated and resentful that they are still struggling with basic necessities two weeks after the storm.

The trip gives Trump the chance to show solidarity with survivors and demonstrate how his government intends to help them recover after they were hit by the worst hurricane in 90 years.

But it comes after he lashed out at San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz for “poor leadership” on the weekend after she criticized his government’s response. He said some people on the island “want everything to be done for them.”

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WNU Editor: The Governor from Puerto Rico just mentioned that a quarter of the electrical grid should be back online within a month. I know a little about this sort of stuff .... and unfortunately it rings true. Puerto Rico is going to suffer for the next few months .... one can only hope that in the rebuilding they will put in place an infrastructure that will be stronger. As I had mentioned in previous posts I lived through the Quebec ice storm in 1998. Much of the electrical grid system went down, and it took a long time to rebuild everything. Fortunately .... what we now have is far stronger than what we had before .... and my suggestion to Puerto Rico is that they do the same.

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