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By Blake Montgomery @ DailyBeast.com/Cheat Sheet, July 11
President Donald Trump raised the possibility of selling hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico to his Secretary of Homeland Security in late 2017, The New York Times reports. Elaine Duke, a Republican who served as acting head of Homeland Security from July to December 2017, told the Times in an interview, “The president’s initial ideas were more of as a businessman, you know: Can we outsource the electricity? Can we sell the island? You know, or divest of that asset?”
Duke said the idea didn’t come up in a serious way after Trump’s initial proposal. Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico in September 2017, causing billions of dollars in damages that the island nation is still recovering from.
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The quotes from her in the first paragraph above--I think this is exactly the kind of thing many people who voted for him were expecting, or even hoping for.
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/11/2020 - 11:03pm
In other Trump Zany news, Jeff Sessions finally decides to hit the bully back, on Twitter:
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/11/2020 - 11:08pm