Trump administration announces $13 billion in aid to Puerto Rico
Source: The Hill
The Trump administration on Friday announced an additional $13 billion in assistance to help Puerto Rico rebuild its infrastructure in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island in 2017.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will award grants designed to bolster Puerto Rico's electrical grid and spur recovery of its education system.
Roughly $9.6 billion in funding will be directed toward the Puerto Rico Electrical Power Authority to repair electrical substations, power generation systems and transmission lines. Another $2 billion will be used to restore school buildings and educational facilities.
The White House touted the funding as evidence of the administration's commitment to the island.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/517073-trump-administration-announces-13-billion-in-aid-to-puerto-rico
The recovery efforts in Puerto Rico have been slow and at times hampered by Trump, who has lashed out at criticism over his response to Hurricane Maria. The storm crippled island infrastructure for months, and a government-commissioned study found that nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the hurricane.
Trump has questioned the death toll, claiming it was inflated to make him look bad. He has repeatedly gone after the mayor of San Juan and derided the island as "one of the most corrupt places on earth."
Island officials have complained that aid has been slow to roll in from the administration. The Department of Housing and Urban Development earlier this year lifted a months-long hold on roughly $8 billion in disaster aid to help the island rebuild.
bucolic_frolic
(42,679 posts)Coleman
(847 posts)Puerto Ricans are located in central florida, from Daytona to Tampa (including Orlando).
bucolic_frolic
(42,679 posts)knew he was after something just for the election.
onetexan
(12,994 posts)FM123
(10,050 posts)Suuuuure.
Are you going to send russian rubles or paper towels?
groundloop
(11,488 posts)So this stupid racist motherfucker does sickeningly little to help our Puerto Rican neighbors for 3 years and then magically decided to do something!!!!!! Also, while I wouldn't argue that Puerto Rico needs this help, he's in fact using taxpayer money to support his campaign. I certainly hope all voters will see through this.
llashram
(6,265 posts)and it doesn't end up in hands that will squander it for their own nefarious needs. Such naked political chicanery here. Been begging since 2017 for help with funds needed to rebuild lives funds and now they do it, in an upcoming election in which trump is losing in the polls that count.
sarge43
(28,939 posts)Puerto Rico will be damn lucky if it sees a pallet of paper towels.
He's breathing; he's lying.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)gohuskies
(1,153 posts)This is more than a day late and a dollar short and is a naked example of the deplorable drumpf admin. Purely an attempt to buy votes in Florida and an example of the transactional corrupt pResident. Fool me once....
BumRushDaShow
(127,325 posts)So 3 years and piles of paper towel rolls later?
OregonBlue
(7,744 posts)After Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) awarded Whitefish a no-bid contract for up to $300 million to repair part of the island's electrical grid. As part of the contract, Whitefish was paid a tender of $3.7 million upfront. The tiny Montana-based company had only two full-time employees when Maria hit, according to the Washington Post.
This should have been completed ages ago. Wonder where all the money has gone? Straight into Plump and his buddies pockets.
niyad
(112,440 posts)noneof_theabove
(410 posts)but I not responsible for anything except killing 194,000+++ citizens
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)Piece of shit.
SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)And like last time, few Puerto Ricans will see this money. It will go to Trump donors who set up sham contractor companies to soak up that money.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,112 posts)Three years later he gets around to it.
IcyPeas
(21,747 posts)SpankMe
(2,937 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,539 posts)Trump is an expert at making unkept promises. He's the ultimate con man.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,483 posts)they can defraud the island... "
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)They did such a great job in 2017...
Kahuna
(27,310 posts)bluestarone
(16,722 posts)EndlessWire
(6,377 posts)going to vote for this Turd. They ain't stupid! And, we are ALL wondering who is going to syphon off this money! Trump's campaign?
PR, help us vote this Bozo out of office! He isn't giving you billions of dollars. He MIGHT give noncompetitive contracts to his contractor buds--but he isn't going to do a damned thing for YOU!
Go, Carmen Cruz!