“Puerto Rico has been given more money by Congress for Hurricane Disaster Relief, 91 Billion Dollars, than any State in the history of the U.S.”— President Trump, in a tweet, May 6, 2019We originally wrote about Trump’s eye-popping claim that Puerto Rico had received $91 billion in aid back in March, when The Washington Post reported that he had raised this number in a meeting with Republican senators. The FactsThere are three numbers to keep track of:$11.2 billion: spentspent $40.8 billion: allocatedallocated $91 billion: guesstimate for potential liabilities over the next 20 years. Adding the $41 billion in announced funding to the $50 billion in Stafford liabilities gets you to $91 billion. While Trump describes this theoretical number as the highest ever given to a state, it’s important to remember that Puerto Rico is an island that received the full brunt of the storm. The Pinocchio TestIt’s simply false for the president to assert that Puerto Rico has received $91 billion.

Source: Washington Post May 07, 2019 14:00 UTC