"I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack," President Trump said today, making what was billed as a fact-finding trip to the island still reeling from the impact of two hurricanes. Two weeks after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico as a Category 5 storm, 90% of residents are…

HBO late-night host John Oliver hammered president Donald Trump’s weekend remarks about Puerto Rico, where 3 million Americans continue to cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. It’s “not entirely clear” Trump understands the gravity of the situation, Oliver speculated, playing clip of Trump previously boasting,…

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, whose media profile bounded ever higher yesterday with insults from the president of the United States, an interview by CNN’s Anderson Cooper and a portrayal in the Alec Baldwin cold open sketch of Saturday Night Live, continued to stand up to an angry Donald Trump today. This…

Update with Trump’s 19th Tweet Donald Trump posted his 19th tweet of the day, again blaming “fake news” for not giving credit where it’s due. “Because of FakeNews my people are not getting the credit they deserve for doing a great job. As seen here, they are ALL doing a GREAT JOB!” The tweet was accompanied by a video…

President Donald Trump, caught up short by the widely televised criticisms of San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, went on one of his now-standard weekend twitter rants, accusing Cruz of “poor leadership” and others on the hurricane-devastated island who “want everything to be done for them.” From his golf club in…

Donald Trump’s Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke may wish she had not called the government's response to hurricane devastation in Puerto Rico a "really a good news story" in terms of reaching victims" and "limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane." Duke’s Thursday…