{"id":2361243,"date":"2024-10-29T19:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T23:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-hes-done-more-for-puerto-rico-than-any-other-president-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T19:27:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T23:27:12","slug":"trump-says-hes-done-more-for-puerto-rico-than-any-other-president-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-hes-done-more-for-puerto-rico-than-any-other-president-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he\u2019s done more for Puerto Rico than any other president &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-hes-done-more-for-puerto-rico-than-any-other-president-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2361243&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent\u200b roundtable discussion in suburban Philadelphia, former President Donald \u200bTrump claimed to have done more for Puerto Rico than \u200bany other U.S. president. His\u200d remarks were made \u200cin the\u200c wake of controversy sparked by a comedian&#8217;s derogatory joke about Puerto Rico during\u2063 a rally, which Trump \u200ddistanced himself from, \u2063stating he did not know\u200d the\u200d comedian. Trump&#8217;s campaign characterized the comedian&#8217;s remarks as not reflective of his views, but\u2064 did \u2063not issue an apology. During\u2062 the event, Trump touted his efforts in storm relief for Puerto Rico as evidence of his support for the territory. Additionally, he emphasized that illegal immigration is a primary issue in the current election, promising significant deportation efforts. Trump&#8217;s comments also touched on \u2063economic issues, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">including bringing manufacturing back<\/a> to the U.S. through tariffs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says he&rsquo;s done more for Puerto Rico than any other president<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1867915\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> said he has been the best president for Puerto Ricans during a roundtable discussion in suburban Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;No president has done more for Puerto Rico than I have,&rdquo; Trump said at the event, which comes in the wake of a poorly received joke told at his weekend rally. <\/p>\n<p>Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe joked that Puerto Rico was a &ldquo;floating island of garbage&rdquo; during Trump&rsquo;s rally at Madison Square Garden, a remark that sparked controversy in the campaign&rsquo;s final week.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has claimed he didn&rsquo;t hear the joke,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3207114\/trump-didnt-hear-tony-hinchcliffe-joke-doesnt-denounce-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"not distanced himself from it\"> distancing himself from it<\/a> by saying he didn&rsquo;t know who the comedian was.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know him, someone put him up there,&rdquo; Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/live-updates\/2024-election-updates-harris-make-closing-argument-amid?id=115252538&amp;entryId=115254897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;ABC News. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know who he is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s campaign has said&nbsp;the comedian&rsquo;s comments don&rsquo;t reflect the views of the former president or the campaign but has not offered an apology for the comments.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign has widely denounced the remarks and said they&rsquo;re emblematic of Trump&rsquo;s thinking.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The warm-up speakers were trotting out and peddling the most racist, sexist, bigoted stereotypes,&rdquo; former President Barack Obama said Monday. &ldquo;One guy called Puerto Rico &lsquo;an island of garbage.&rsquo; These are fellow citizens he&rsquo;s talking about. Here in Philadelphia, they are your neighbors. They are your friends. They are your co-workers. Their kids go to school with your kids.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump, in speaking about Puerto Rico at the roundtable, brought up his storm relief efforts in the territory while serving as president as evidence of his commitment. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, we love it,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I know it very well, and we helped you through a lot of bad storms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere at the event, Trump reiterated that he thinks illegal immigration is the top issue in the election rather than the economy, promising the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-promises-expanded-travel-ban-largest-domestic-deportation-operation-in-u-s-history-if-re-elected\/\" title=\"Trump vows to widen travel ban, execute biggest deportation operation if re-elected.\">biggest deportation operation<\/a> in history even while saying he wasn&rsquo;t looking forward to it. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hundreds of thousands of high-end criminals are released [into the United States], and she&rsquo;s the border czar and she was put there by sleepy Joe Biden,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;Then he went back to sleep, he said, &lsquo;oh, now I&rsquo;m in good shape.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump joked that he&rsquo;d bring York Barbell manufacturing back to the U.S. via tariffs, a topic he&rsquo;s grown increasingly fond of in the campaign&rsquo;s final weeks. <\/p>\n<p>He also took preemptive credit for the rising stock market, saying it&rsquo;s coming in anticipation of him winning next week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[A Wall Street friend] said the only reason the stock market&rsquo;s going up is because everybody on Wall Street thinks that Trump is going to win the election,&rdquo; Trump said, drawing applause from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he supports right-to-try laws, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">give terminally ill patients<\/a> the chance to try drugs and treatments that haven&rsquo;t received government approval yet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If somebody&rsquo;s terminally ill, I want to give them a shot at life,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a great feeling. At least, they can say, &lsquo;Well, you know, I&rsquo;ve got something, and maybe it&rsquo;ll work, and maybe it won&rsquo;t.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania, where the event was held, is arguably the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhodes-rage\/\" title=\"Rhodes Rage\">important swing state<\/a> of all, and its 19 electoral college votes make it the largest one. <\/p>\n<p>Both campaigns have targeted the Keystone State in the last days of the election, and Trump is hoping to reassure the state&rsquo;s Hispanic voters he&rsquo;s on their side as they make their decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1867915\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1867915\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump claims he&#8217;s the best president for Puerto Rico<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2361245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Donald-Trump-pennsylvania-town-hall.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10423,34892,3634],"class_list":["post-2361243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-presidency","tag-puerto-rico","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Donald-Trump-pennsylvania-town-hall.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}