A New Insult Reminds Puerto Ricans of How Trump Treated Them | As president, Donald Trump fought bitterly with Puerto Rican officials, ridiculed them and resisted sending aid to the territory - eviltoast

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Carmen Yulín Cruz’s cellphone started buzzing on Sunday while she was at the airport in Connecticut, waiting for a flight to Puerto Rico. A standup comic at former President Donald J. Trump’s rally in New York had called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”