Not Ruth (2,415 posts)
1. The death count of 34 in Puerto Rico is absolute BS, off by a count of 1100 at a minimum
On average, without a hurricane, 82 people die on Puerto Rico daily (3.411 million population, 8.8 per thousand annual death rate, 365 days in a year) 34 over 2 weeks implies a 97% reduction over the normal non hurricane death rate.
NR, Trump gets his information from the Puerto Rican government. Either the Puerto Rican government is distinguishing hurricane deaths from those by other causes, or the Puerto Rican government's numbers are low due to incomplete data or incompetent government data collectors. Regardless, NR, your beef is with the Puerto Rican government, not Trump.