Trump’s threatened neglect of Puerto Rico has no precedent
If the Trump administration abandons Puerto Rico, it will be the first willful abandonment of U.S. citizens in the history of federal disaster response.
The U.S.’s neglect of Puerto Rico has never been benign
The U.S.’s apparent lack of interest in the Puerto Rico crisis and President Trump’s breezy optimism about the recovery efforts, in the face of on-the-ground facts, reflect the long-standing historical reality of the U.S. with its commonwealth.