Puerto Rico Officials Slam Trump for Tweets On Island ‘Bailout’
President Donald Trump has put Puerto Rico straight in his Twitter crosshairs in an attempt to tie the island's financial situation to partisan budget negotiations on Capitol Hill. On Wednesday night, Trump tweeted that "Democrats are trying to bail out insurance companies from disastrous #ObamaCare , and Puerto Rico with your tax dollars. Sad!" On Thursday morning, he tweeted that Democrats "want to shut government if we don't bail out Puerto Rico and give billions to their insurance companies for OCare failure. NO!" Follow Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump Democrats are trying to bail out insurance companies from disastrous # ObamaCare , and Puerto Rico with your tax dollars. Sad! 7:06 PM - 26 Apr 2017 14,393 14,393 Retweets 48,153 48,153 likes Trump's tweets come as island officials have been lobbying members of Congress to close a Medicare and Medicaid shortfall and earmark funds for h