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Guess for how long TRUMP DELAYED eight billion in DISASTER AID TO PUERTO RICO. 2 weeks? 2 months? Nope. Almost two years. A bipartisan Congress approved it, and then, like a petulant child, Trump sat on it for almost two years, saying “what’s in it for me?” And it’s not just Puerto Ricans, he consistently delayed financial assistance to the states, too. His employees had to twist his arm just to get approval. Why? Because he doesn’t actually care about the American people. eenews.net/articles/helene-i… “The Department of Housing and Urban Development Inspector General found that the [Trump] White House delayed the release of $8.3 billion in HUD disaster aid for Puerto Rico that Congress approved in February 2018. HUD officials told the IG that the White House undertook a review process that it “had never before required.” The money was allocated in January 2020. The Trump administration also withheld for nearly two years a report that could have helped push Congress to improve HUD’s disaster-aid program, E&E News reported. The report, completed in April 2019, was released the day before Trump left office. Harvey, the former Trump special assistant, remembers trying to push Trump to get money out the door to Puerto Rico. “It was very much a business deal, like, ‘This a lot of money. What are we getting in return for it?’” Harvey said. “There was still just a whole lot of stall, stall, stall, don’t give them what they need yet.” “It just goes into this pattern of, ‘We’re not awarding that, these aren’t my people.’ That general sense of, ‘I am here to help my people, and these aren’t my people, so I don’t have a responsibility to help.’” ***** eenews.net/articles/helene-i…