The following article by John T. Bennett and Rema Rahman was posted on the Roll Call website October 3, 2017:
President Donald Trump arrived Tuesday in Puerto Rico and offered the hurricane-ravaged U.S. citizens not a truckload of drinkable water or fuel, but Trump himself and his team.
Trump’s day was one of countermessaging about his administration’s widely panned Puerto Rico relief efforts. He used a briefing minutes after he landed there to congratulate his team and solicit praise from Puerto Rican officials — lightly coaching them on what they should say. Continue reading “Analysis: In Puerto Rico, Trump Congratulates Himself”