.AOC blasts Trump for saying he's the best thing that's ever happened to Puerto Rico: '3,000 Americans died on your watch'
, the eye of which narrowly avoided the area, President Trump berated the Caribbean island for ingratitude over the U.S. federal government's response to Maria.
"We are tracking closely tropical storm Dorian as it heads, as usual, to Puerto Rico," Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning, as islanders, still reeling from Maria, feared the worst. The president followed up a couple of hours later, writing on Twitter:"Puerto Rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. Their political system is broken and their politicians are either Incompetent or Corrupt."
The Maria death toll number comes from a study by the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University. According to the independent study, commissioned by the Puerto Rican governor, the toll is estimated at 2,975.
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