Puerto Rico: Trump appears to complain about cost of relief effort

Donald Trump has heaped praise on his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria, said Puerto Rico’s leaders should be “very proud” of the low official death toll – and appeared to complain at the cost of the recovery effort. Trump’s remarks came on his first visit to the US territory since it was pummeled by a category 4 hurricane nearly two weeks ago, amid continuing criticism that his government has failed to adequately respond to the crisis. Trump told reporters: “It’s now acknowledged what a great job we’ve done.” Trump told local officials: “I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you’ve thrown our budget a little out of whack. “But that’s fine because we’ve saved a lot of lives.”