President Trump again swipes at Puerto Rico in a closed-door lunch with Republicans
Trump, as part of broader remarks that touched on everything from special counsel Robert Mueller's report and health care to trade and North Korea, went out of his way to point out the totals of disaster relief aid that has been distributed in the wake of a series of storms and hurricanes in 2017.
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment on the senators' description of Trump's remarks and has not received an immediate response. Sen. Richard Shelby, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, said Trump was"making the point that Puerto Rico has gotten a lot of money before and a lot of it hadn't been spent wisely, and I think that's a given.
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