Posted on 09/30/2017 5:58:27 AM PDT by SMGFan
President Trump on Saturday criticized Puerto Rico's "poor leadership" and defended his administration's response to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria's devastation on the island. Following a plea for aid by San Juan's mayor, Trump said the mayor was being "nasty."
"The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump," Trump tweeted. "Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help."
"They want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort," he continued. "10,000 Federal workers now on Island doing a fantastic job."
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I do not think they can go anywhere without the tax breaks being reinstated, and yes, it might be for a period 50-100 years.
Much cheaper than paying 3 million people welfare.
I was there in 2001 and it was booming, was there 2 years ago and it was a third world hell hole, completely lawless too.
This is Bill Clintons and the communists mess, Trump needs to educate the American people on this fact and then tie relief funding to reinstating 936.
Yes.
Then statehood.
Then the US presidency, once PR is a state, she's more Constitutionally qualified than obama was.
Politeness to a liberal is like politeness to a scorpion. Scorpions will still do what they do. And so will liberals.
I think the drivers are staying home because of the much higher risk to them of hijacking and murder than they would face in Texas and Florida.
Puerto Rico will probably need to be put under military governance for a while.
Oh....and somebody tell Geraldo to please go away.
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Geraldo has been on Trump’s side more often than not.
I see from your chart that they rapidly recovered under the administration of St. obama the Divine...
Not as cheap as independence, though.
Vaya con Dios, PR!
Trump is very frustrated that he hasn’t been able damage Mexico, as yet, so he is going to take out on Puerto Rico
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Troll.
Not for the communists it wasn't.
That’s misleading.
936 ended in 2007 (repeal signed in 1996 with 10 year phaseout) and the corporations left in 2008.
That’s when their economy went to hell.
Get out of here with your vile words !
Leni/MinuteGal
It was sarchasm.
This plan was in the works before the Hurricane even hit.
Oh, come on...we know that tax rates don’t affect economic activity or where companies locate...
Hmmm...I wonder who you are. One of those suspicious 1998 sign-up dates, no info yet claiming to be a Texan. And claiming that Trump is a white nationalist. Highly suspicious!
“Trump slams Puerto Rico: ‘They want everything to be done for them’”
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I like the above title the more I see it...it applies to so much more than just this subject!
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Gunny G
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This pretty much says it:
“Puerto Rico is acting like the cousin whose been away for 20 years and shows up expecting an ownership stake in family business....acting like the ungrateful relative who bitches about family members who lend him money, aid.
They just demanded approx $100 Billion ‘in cash’ to bail them out of bankruptcy.
And BTW there are 10K U.S. Troops breaking their backs slinging aid to Puerto Rico.....Ungrateful people.
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