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struggle4progress

(118,273 posts)
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 05:47 PM Aug 2019

'Your numbers are fake'

Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY
Published 10:12 a.m. ET Aug. 30, 2019 | Updated 10:16 a.m. ET Aug. 30, 2019

WASHINGTON – Puerto Rico's leading newspaper slammed President Donald Trump in a front-page headline that went after his repeated false claim that the U.S. has given Puerto Rico $92 billion for hurricane recovery.

El Nuevo Día, which traditionally publishes its articles and newspapers in Spanish, printed an English version of its front page on Friday.

"Mr. President: Your Numbers Are Fake," the headline reads.

"Although some politicians in Puerto Rico have indeed mismanaged funds and have let their constituents down, Mr. Trump's claims about the amount of money that has actually been assigned to the island are incorrect," read the the front page ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/30/hurricane-dorian-puerto-rico-newspaper-el-nuevo-dia-slams-trump/2162162001/

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struggle4progress

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1. Leading Puerto Rican newspaper hits Trump
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 05:49 PM
Aug 2019

BY TAL AXELROD - 08/30/19 07:59 PM EDT

... Congress approved $42 billion in aid for the territory after it was struck by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. The Trump administration faced sharp criticism for its handling of the storms, and the island territory's recovery is ongoing ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/459509-leading-puerto-rican-newspaper-hits-trump-on-hurricane-aid-your-numbers-are

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