Puerto Rico Cannot Become a State Unless it Apologizes to Trump

[Johny Joe Hold]

As a Mayor, I get a little deep into the field of public policy sometimes. Some call me a policy wonk.

When I have my weekly coffee visit at the Senior Center, the ladies sometimes roll their eyes when I take off on my latest Public Policy issue. Making Public Policy is all about being objective and not emotional. Add to that the goal of serving the public's interests.

I mention all of this because I find President Trump to be very skilled at Public Policy. He has a steel eyed vision of objectivity and the public's interest.

The best example ever is his latest decree that Puerto Rico cannot have statehood unless the island apologizes for complaining about the President's hurricane relief program. Puerto Rico needs to admit that before the hurricane it was an island of shacks and shanties. After the hurricane its still shacks and shanties. Just what are the Governor and Mayor of San Juan are complaining about.

The President is making a sound policy decision by laying down a criteria for Puerto Rico statehood. When the island meets the criteria it can be a state:

Trump: No statehood for Puerto Rico with critics in officeTrump lobbed fresh broadsides at San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, a critic of his administration's response to hurricanes on the island last year, during a radio interview with Fox News' Geraldo Rivera that aired Monday.

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Re: Puerto Rico Cannot Become a State Unless it Apologizes to Trump

The President is making a sound policy decision by laying down a criteria for Puerto Rico statehood. When the island meets the criteria it can be a state

I wonder if Trump was tricked with a gotcha question in that interview. There are many, many conditions to be met before Puerto Rico can become a state, not just one.

Of course there's apologizing to Trump for dying during his Presidency with the goal of making him look bad. That failed, by the way. Then there's learning American. Then there's all that military service owed. And get a job, all of you. 100% employment minimum. Mexico has to pay the fees. Some people don't realize they are sending all the rapists and drug dealers. It costs a lot to hold them in prison indefinitely. So it's a lot of fees.

[Johny Joe Hold]

Re: Puerto Rico Cannot Become a State Unless it Apologizes to Trump

And now the same disrespectful treatment of our wonderful President is coming from non other than the United Nations. The President made a truthful statement, that his administration and made more progress than any other in history, and delegates laughed. I wonder if there is video available to we can have trade embargoes with every country that laughed.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-touts-achievements-u-n-laughs-153255266.html