LOL, Puerto Rico can go free and become rich. Open it’s naval bases/ harbor to the Chinese and the Russians, maybe even Iran. Of course that would eventually lead to a take over via immigration of the guests. Far fetched, the Monroe Doctrine with Trump will be enforced but with jelly fish backbone of of a Lib President it could happen??? I could see a typical Latin American dictatorship coming to power in PR. Maybe the Clinton Foundation can help them improve their economy. (”Their” = PR not the Clintons)
Put more simply, independent P.R. would be quickly glommed by the Cubans, not unwelcome to most PR’s who regard communist Cuba as a counter to U.S. influence in the Caribbean.
Let the PR’s enjoy the wonderful socialist lifestyle of the Castro bro’s paradise. Cut ‘em loose!