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San Juan Persuasive Essay

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In the wake of Hurricane Maria that struck Puerto Rico, the mayor of San Juan has accused President Trump of not providing sufficient relief efforts to the U.S island. On Saturday September 30, Trump sent a series of tweets saying that, "The mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump. Such poor leadership ability by the mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help. They want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort. 10,000 Federal workers now on Island doing a fantastic job." Mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz, said later Saturday morning in an interview with MSNBC that, "I was asking for help. I wasn't saying anything nasty about the President.” The situation quickly spread across Twitter where creator of the Broadway musical “Hamilton”, Lin-Manuel Miranda, tweeted: “She has been working 24/7. You have been GOLFING. You’re going straight to hell. Fastest golf cart you ever took.” Another …show more content…

The article attacked Trump accusing him for rebutting Cruz’s comments when he was golfing for the weekend in New Jersey, but after some extensive research I have found that President Trump has done more to help Puerto Rico than Mayor Cruz has. Angel Otero Perez has said that Yulin Cruz’s story about how Trump is “abandoning Puerto Rico” doesn’t match with what he has seen out of recovery efforts. However, even if Yulin Cruz is fabricating a story to get people onto her side, I do not agree with Trump’s handling of the situation. Instead of posting tweets about how she wants all of the work done for her, he should have waited until Tuesday where he was scheduled to fly to Puerto Rico and meet with the general in charge of recovery efforts and spoke face-to-face with her

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