President Donald Trump said the federal government has done a good job in Puerto Rico responding to the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, but says local officials need to "give us more help."
Trump said Tuesday that "in Texas and in Florida we get an A-plus, and I'll tell you what, I think we've done just as good in Puerto Rico."
Trump said roads are cleared and communications are "starting to come back." He says on a "local level they have to give us more help."
The president lashed out at the mayor of San Juan after she criticized the federal response. He now says that San Juan mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz "has come back a long way."
The White House says Cruz had been invited to participate in Tuesday's events, but it was unclear whether she and the president would meet.
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