WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump and Puerto Rico (all times local):
8:50 a.m.
President Donald Trump says the federal government has done a good job in Puerto Rico responding to the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, but says local officials need to “give us more help.”
Trump says Tuesday that “in Texas and in Florida we get an A-plus, and I’ll tell you what, I think we’ve done just as good in Puerto Rico.”
Trump says roads are cleared and communications are “starting to come back.” He says on a “local level they have to give us more help.”