The White House has blamed "Democrat obstruction" for a stoppage in recovery work, with about 120 projects being deferred. We gave Puerto Rico $91 billion ... and they don't like me." Producing a bar graph printout from his suit coat pocket, Trump showed the amount of aid given to Puerto Rico compared to other disaster-hit states. "I think that the people of Puerto Rico are very grateful to Donald Trump for what we've done for them," the president said. The White House said almost all 700 structures on the base were damaged, roughly one-third were destroyed and 11,000 base personnel evacuated.

Source: Fox News May 09, 2019 00:04 UTC