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July 13, 2020

"Can We Sell the Island?" Trump Proposed Selling Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
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A former Trump Cabinet official has revealed President Trump suggested
selling Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the territory in
2017. In a new interview, former acting Homeland Security Secretary
Elaine Duke quotes Trump saying, "Can we sell the island? You know, or
divest of that asset?" New York Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, who was
born in Puerto Rico, responded to the report by tweeting, "You may try
to sell the office you hold, your personal integrity and your soul, Mr.
President - but I assure you Puerto Rico is not for sale!"


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