HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Facing renewed criticism of his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump lashed out again on Wednesday [9-12-18], grousing about his administration’s ‘unappreciated great job’ on the Puerto Rico recovery – despite the remoteness of the island, poor access to electricity and the ‘totally incompetent Mayor of San Juan’…The president’s tweets, posted as cable news flipped almost entirely to tracking preparations in the Carolinas for Hurricane Florence, followed Trump’s claims on Monday that his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria was an ‘incredible unsung success’ despite thousands who died — and the massive power failures that persisted for months after the storm, hobbling Puerto Rico’s already struggling economy. From the moment Trump ascended to the nation’s highest office, the former reality TV boardroom brawler has made a habit of rewriting history, challenging the public to ignore what people plainly see with their own eyes – often on television, where Trump is watching it, too.”
-Christopher Cadelago and Andrew Restuccia, “Trump tries to rewrite history on Maria as Hurricane Florence approaches,” Politico, September 12, 2018 5:31 pm