Again Wednesday morning, Trump said his administration's work in Puerto Rico was not appreciated. The White House has put the problems down to deficiencies with the commonwealth's power grid that existed before the hurricane struck. Puerto Rico was actually our toughest one of all because it's an island. "The job that FEMA and law enforcement and everybody did, working along with the governor in Puerto Rico, I think, was tremendous. Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, whose state is within Florence's projected track, declined to comment about Trump's remarks on Puerto Rico.

Source: CNN September 12, 2018 05:01 UTC