The Latest: Trump says it’s a ‘sad day’ as he heads to Vegas
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He goes on to say: "We have to look at their whole debt structure. You know, they owe a lot of money to your friends on
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Trump spoke to Fox in
Before the storm, the island's government was in the midst of bitter negotiations with creditors to restructure a portion of its
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Trump calls the recovery "really nothing short of a miracle," an assessment at odds with the despair of many still struggling to find water and food outside the capital city. The governor of
Trump pledged an all-out effort to help the island while adding, somewhat lightly, that the disaster has "thrown our budget a little out of whack."
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He told reporters aboard Air Force One that "we only heard thank-yous" during the visit, and said it was "an honor" to spend time in
Asked to expand on earlier comments, Trump said the
He says, "On a local level, we need help, but they really have responded very well."
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Mayor
But Cruz still was critical of Trump himself in an interview with
Two Democratic congressmen who just returned from the island say conditions on many parts of the island remain dire.
Rep.
Guitierrez says Trump's visit is yielding video footage of people smiling and it's giving "the wrong impression of what's going on in the island."
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Trump spoke as he toured the island Tuesday. He pledged an all-out effort to help
The president said that while "every death is a horror," he drew a distinction between "a real catastrophe like Katrina" and "what happened here" in
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On his first visit to survey damage from Hurricane Maria, the president lobbed at least five rolls into a crowd gathered at
Trump praised the roughly 200 people gathered there, saying there was a lot of "love" in the room.
The president also handed out flashlights and said of the recovery that "the job that's been done here is really nothing short of a miracle."
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"It's being fixed" he told reporters Tuesday during his first visit to the island. He added that the power grid was "devastated before the hurricanes even hit."
He said lots of generators have been brought to the island and most hospitals are at least partially open.
Trump said "The job that's been done here is really nothing short of a miracle."
He has come under fire for what critics said was a slow response to the devastation. Maria wiped out power to
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About 200 local residents are at
The president shook hands and handed people flashlights. A few times, he tossed paper towel rolls into the crowd.
Surrounded by a sea of cellphone cameras, Trump said, "There's a lot of love in this room." He called those in attendance, "Great people."
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The president is visiting neighborhoods and has told one resident that the governor and the mayor are "doing a good job."
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The president's visit included meetings with her and other local officials. As he left the airport, the president's motorcade snaked through streets lined with downed tree limbs, mangled signs and drooping power lines. A beach was covered in debris.
Scattered groups of people gathered to watch the motorcade pass. One held a sign reading, "Climate change is real." Another's said: "You are a bad hombre."
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In an airport hangar in
Trump's visit comes after what critics have said was a slow response.
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The first couple is visiting Tuesday to review the
Trump's visit comes after what critics have said was a too-slow response to the crisis on the island. The president said Tuesday that local "have to give us more help" in responding to the devastation. Trump on Tuesday praised the federal response, saying, "it's now acknowledged what a great job we've done."
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Trump says Tuesday that "in
Trump says roads are cleared and communications are "starting to come back." He says on a "local level they have to give us more help."
The president lashed out at the mayor of
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The president is expected to spend more than five hours on the ground, meeting with first responders, local officials and some of the residents struggling to recover from a hurricane that, in the president's words, left the island
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