RadioOnFire.com - President Trump made good on his word that he'd travel down to Puerto Rico to survey the destruction Hurricane Maria brought the island on the ground level, on Tuesday, October 3. The President faced criticism for what many believe was an inadequate response to the massive storm in its early days. President faced criticism for what many believe was an inadequate response to the massive storm in its early days, and was blasted once more when he made reference to the debt the U.S. commonwealth owes Wall Street bondholders in a tweet about the uphill battle the citizens there face. During a brief presser to kick off his tour of the island, Trump repeated the public relations gaffe, when he once again made money an issue.
"I hate to tell you Puerto Rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack," the President said, with Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosselló by his side. He then went on to compliment forces on the ground for minimizing the death toll to a reported 16, before citing the losses accounted for in "a real catastrophe like Katrina."
Hurricane Katrina killed 1,833 people, mainly in the New Orleans area, in 2005. Many of those deaths came as the consequence of immense flooding due to a collapsed dam that resulted in the city, which has an average elevation of six feet below sea level, being submerged under water. While the immediate impact on Puerto Rico does not bare a death toll comparable to that caused by Katrina, the island still doesn't have potable drinking water and experts gauge that citizens will be without power for months to come. With that, Gov. Rosselló confessed that he anticipates there will be more hurricane-related deaths to come.
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