Trump in San Juan: 'I hate to tell you Puerto Rico but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack'
Screenshot/White House President Donald Trump  speaks to officials in Puerto Rico on Tuesday.
 President Donald Trump during a visit to Puerto Rico on Tuesday  said the humanitarian-aid response in the Caribbean island and US territory had âthrown our budget a little out of whack.â
âI hate to tell you  Puerto Rico  but youâve thrown our budget a little out of whack  because weâve spent a lot of money on Puerto Rico â  Trump  said.
 He  quickly added: âThatâs fine â weâve saved a lot of lives.â
 Trump  went on to compare the devastation in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria last month to that of Hurricane Katrina in the continental US in 2005  saying relatively few people had died as a result of the storm and ensuing loss of power  destruction of infrastructure  and widespread flooding.
âEvery death is a horror â  Trump  said  âbut if you look at a real catastrophe like Katrina  and you look at the tremendous â hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died  and you look at what happened here with really a storm that was just totally overpowering â¦ and what is your death count?â
âSixteen people versus in the thousands â  Trump  said. âYou can be very proud.â
 Trump âs first public response to the devastation in the US territory came five days after Hurricane Maria hit  in a series of tweets in which he focused on Puerto Ricoâs weak infrastructure and economy.
Days later  he attacked the mayor of San Juan  Carmen Yulin Cruz  after she criticised the inefficiency of the federal governmentâs relief efforts and asked  Trump  to send more help more quickly.
 Trump  also argued that the mayor was criticising him because she had âbeen told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to  Trump .â
 Trump  and Cruz exchanged pleasantries on Tuesday  according to a White House pool report. In his remarks   Trump  thanked Rossello for refusing to âplay politicsâ with the relief effort.
 Trump  has repeatedly lashed out at the mediaâs coverage of the crisis in Puerto Rico  which  he  claims has been a concerted attack on  his  administration and federal first responders.
âFake News CNN and NBC are going out of their way to disparage our great First Responders as a way to âget  Trump  'â  he  tweeted on Saturday. âNot fair to FR or effort!â
[TGT] speaks to officials in Puerto Rico on Tuesday.
  [TGT] said the humanitarian-aid response in the Caribbean island and US territory had âthrown our budget a little out of whack.â
âI hate to tell you  Puerto Rico  but youâve thrown our budget a little out of whack  because weâve spent a lot of money on Puerto Rico â   [TGT] said.
  [TGT]   quickly added: âThatâs fine â weâve saved a lot of  [TGT] 
went on to compare the devastation in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria last month to that of Hurricane Katrina in the continental US in 2005  saying relatively few people had died as a result of the storm and ensuing loss of power  destruction of infrastructure  and widespread flooding.
âEvery death is a horror â   [TGT] said  âbut if you look at a real catastrophe like Katrina  and you look at the tremendous â hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died  and you look at what happened here with really a storm that was just totally overpowering â¦ and what is your death count?â
âSixteen people versus in the thousands â   [TGT] said. âYou can be very proud.â
  [TGT]  âs first public response to the devastation in the US territory came five days after Hurricane Maria hit  in a series of tweets in which he focused on Puerto Ricoâs weak infrastructure and economy.
Days later  he attacked the mayor of San Juan  Carmen Yulin Cruz  after she criticised the inefficiency of the federal governmentâs relief efforts and asked   [TGT] to send more help more quickly.
  [TGT] also argued that the mayor was criticising him because  [TGT]  had âbeen told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to  Trump .â
  [TGT] and Cruz exchanged pleasantries on Tuesday  according to a White House pool report. In his remarks    [TGT] thanked Rossello for refusing to âplay politicsâ with the relief effort.
  [TGT] has repeatedly lashed out at the mediaâs coverage of the crisis in Puerto Rico  which   [TGT]   claims has been a concerted attack on   [TGT]   administration and federal first responders.
âFake News CNN and NBC are going out of their way to disparage our great First Responders as a way to âget  Trump  'â   [TGT]   tweeted on Saturday. âNot fair to FR or effort!â