President Donald Trump on Saturday slammed the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico's largest city, after she criticized the federal government's response to the devastation in Puerto Rico.
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Trump slams the mayor of San Juan after she criticizes the federal government's response to the devastation in Puerto Rico
Trump slammed San Juan mayor's "poor leadership" and said Puerto Rico wants "everything done for them," while also blaming the "fake news."
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"I am done being politically correct. I am mad as hell," Cruz continued. "So I am asking the members of the press, to send a mayday call all over the world. We are dying here."
"And if it doesn't stop, and if we don't get the food and the water into people's hands, what we are going to see is something close to a genocide."
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Trump on Saturday morning also levelled some blame on the media, which he calls the "fake news," for portraying the federal government's response to Puerto Rico as inadequate.
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