WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he’s an “absolute no” on statehood for Puerto Rico while critics, including San Juan’s mayor, are in office.
Trump criticized Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, a critic of his administration’s response to hurricanes in the U.S. territory last year, in a radio interview with Geraldo Rivera that aired Monday, calling her “incompetent.”
Trump pre-taped the interview for Rivera’s show on Cleveland’s WTAM radio. He says: “Puerto Rico shouldn’t be talking about statehood until they get some people that really know what they’re doing.”
He adds: “With people like that involved in Puerto Rico, I would be an absolute no.”
