Ex-DHS official said President Trump asked him and other officials if the U.S. could swap Greenland for Puerto Rico. 'I did not take it as a joke,' he said. 'The president expressed deep animus towards the Puerto Rican people behind the scenes'
The exchange happened on August 2018 before DHS officials went on a disaster recovery trip to Puerto Rico, which had been devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, according to Taylor.
"I did not take it as a joke," said Taylor."The president expressed deep animus towards the Puerto Rican people behind the scenes. These are people who are recovering from the worst disaster we've seen in our lifetimes and he is their president. He should be standing by them, not trying to sell them off to a foreign country."
Peter Brown, the White House Special Representative for Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery, told NBC News that he has"never heard the president say anything of that sort." Brown said that in all his interactions with Trump since February, when he was assigned to work with Puerto Rico, Trump"has been supportive of the unprecedented relief and recovery effort the federal government has launched for Puerto Rico."Puerto Rico has been facing a cascade of crises over the last few years as it continues to recover from Hurricane Maria — which became the
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