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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"You have thrown our budget a little out of whack, because we've spent a lot of money on Puerto Rico
...TRUMP said in Puerto Rico.
Is this man crazy?
That comment shows how little he thinks of the people of Puerto Rico.
He never misses an opportunity to make others feel small.
To me, it sounds like Trump was forced to do something for Puerto Rico, and that comment is his way of showing his frustration.
Can Mueller please hurry the hell up?
Link to tweet
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)His sense of humor (or attempt at it) doesn't even begin to cover his real, disgusting opinion and lack of character.
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)This asshole wants a $2.4 trillion tax code for the rich and he's blaming Puerto Ricofor being hit by a fucking hurricane
AJT
(5,240 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Puerto Ricans are also required to pay most US federal taxes, with the major exception being that most residents do not have to pay the federal personal income tax. In 2009, Puerto Rico paid $3.742 billion into the US Treasury.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,686 posts)and if it needs money (and obviously it does), it should get whatever it needs, regardless of how much the orange asshole thinks it "owes."