Time to grant Puerto Rico complete independence. No need for USA to be responsible for their affairs. If we need to lease a navy base, we can pay them the rights for it.
Last I saw PR made the USN close the bombing range which was the only reason the USN needed a navy base there.
Here’s all of the bases we have on PR,
They should never become a state unless there is an established Republican party there. If they were admitted today, they would be the poorest state in the union and it would not even be close.
If you give Puerto Rico independence, within six months you will have another Cuba.