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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 5987476" data-attributes="member: 54375">&quot;Trump held such a grudge against Puerto Rico that he <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-probe-confirms-trump-officials-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749" target="_blank">held up about $20 billion</a> in congressionally authorized aid for the rest of his presidency; some was unlocked just before the 2020 election, and the rest by Biden in early 2021. He also <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/12/document-shows-the-trump-administration-diverted-nearly-10-million-from-fema-to-ice-detention-program/" target="_blank">diverted $10 million</a> from the FEMA budget to ICE immigrant detention programs. The administration also <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/22/puerto-rico-hurricane-trump-hud/" target="_blank">impeded investigations</a> into whether it was holding up the funds. A former aide <a href="https://www.eenews.net/articles/helene-isnt-the-first-time-trump-inserted-politics-into-a-natural-disaster/" target="_blank">recently told reporters</a> that Trump had only granted aid money for California wildfire response after it was explained to him how many Republicans were in the affected region in Orange CountyAP</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 5987476, member: 54375"] "Trump held such a grudge against Puerto Rico that he [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-probe-confirms-trump-officials-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749']held up about $20 billion[/URL] in congressionally authorized aid for the rest of his presidency; some was unlocked just before the 2020 election, and the rest by Biden in early 2021. He also [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/12/document-shows-the-trump-administration-diverted-nearly-10-million-from-fema-to-ice-detention-program/']diverted $10 million[/URL] from the FEMA budget to ICE immigrant detention programs. The administration also [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/22/puerto-rico-hurricane-trump-hud/']impeded investigations[/URL] into whether it was holding up the funds. A former aide [URL='https://www.eenews.net/articles/helene-isnt-the-first-time-trump-inserted-politics-into-a-natural-disaster/']recently told reporters[/URL] that Trump had only granted aid money for California wildfire response after it was explained to him how many Republicans were in the affected region in Orange County AP [/QUOTE]

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