President Donald Trump visited local officials and residents in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, congratulating them and boasting almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria left many of the island’s 3.4 million people without power, water or food. At his first stop, a briefing with federal and local officials, Trump lavishly praised them. “You can be very proud of all of your people and all of our people working together. “I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you’ve thrown our budget a little out of whack,” he said. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, whom Trump has repeatedly attacked online, did not join in, “keeping her hands clasped in front of her,” according to a White House pool report.

Source: Huffington Post October 03, 2017 16:01 UTC