Carmen Yulin Cruz has garnered the ire of President Trump.
A photo of the mayor of San Juan wading through waste-high waters with a megaphone during rescue efforts following Hurricane Maria has gone viral, after President Donald Trump said she has shown “poor leadership” in dealing with the crisis.
The President, tweeting from his private golf club in Bedminster on Saturday morning, implied Carmen Yulin Cruz was ungrateful for the rescue efforts being conducted by the U. S. military and first responders in Puerto Rico.
The comments came following Cruz’s plea for help during a news conference on Friday, where she criticized the Trump administration for spinning relief efforts in Puerto Rico to appear as more adequate than they actually have been. Puerto Rico’s infrastructure has been destroyed following Hurricane Maria, and ten days after the storm tore through the territory, much of Puerto Rico is still without electricity, as residents struggle to get access to safe drinking water, food, fuel and medical supplies.
