EDITORIAL: The $91 billion question: Trump rages against a phantom dollar figure of aid to Puerto Rico
His rationale:
But he plucked that figure out of thin air. Likely, Trump is confusing the estimates of damage wrought by Hurricane Maria with any actual congressional request. Or using the amount the island's governor wished for last summer as a stand-in for the amount
The feds have appropriated almost
And that's that, Trump seems to say. "He doesn't want another single dollar going to the island," a senior administration official told the
Yep: The president whose tax cut led to plummeting corporate tax receipts and ballooning deficits now wants to balance his budget on the backs of Americans in deepest need. This is exactly as ugly as it sounds.
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