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<h2> Trump’s Failed Golf Course Cost Puerto Rican Taxpayers $33
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<div class="description-txt highlighted-heading"> Trump got involved
in a golf club that was already in bad shape and promised to turn
it around. He didn’t and that cost Puerto Ricans almost $33
million. </div>
<p>Puerto Rico has suffered a huge setback after Hurricane Maria, a
Category 4 storm, devastated the island nation.</p>
<p>Right now, 60 percent of Puerto Ricans don’t have <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/us/puerto-rico-maria-fema-disaster-.html?mcubz=1">access</a>
to drinking water. An estimated 80 percent of the island’s crops
were <a
href="http://mashable.com/2017/09/25/puerto-rico-humanitarian-crisis-hurricane-maria/#ih0TqBG07dqw">devastated</a>
by the storm. Estimates for power to be fully restored in the
worst hit areas are six months or even more. An aid package is <a
href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/25/politics/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-aid-donald-trump/index.html">expected</a>
to arrive no sooner than October which would be much too late for
people who depend on insulin or oxygen tanks.</p>
<p>Also, the Caribbean island has a huge debt crisis, something that
President Donald Trump quickly and callously pointed out.</p>
<p>But what the president failed to mention was that a significant
amount of debt — almost $33 million — in Puerto Rico was
contributed by him. </p>
<p>Yes, Trump cost the Puerto Rican taxpayers almost $33 million.</p>
<p>In 2008, Politifact <a
href="http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2017/may/04/florida-democratic-party/did-bankrupt-trump-golf-course-puerto-rico-leave-t/">reported</a>,
Trump got involved in a golf club that was already in bad shape
and had lost $12 million in a single year due to poor management
and a recession. Trump joined the enterprise — which he renamed to
Trump International Golf Club Puerto Rico — and promised he would
straighten it out. But like many of Trump’s promises, he was
unable to keep it and in 2015, the club filed a claim in
bankruptcy court for $32.7 million.</p>
<p>The fund was paid by taxpayers’ money.</p>
<p>The Trump family has since tried to distance itself from the
failure of the club and its debts and Eric Trump insists that
putting Trump’s name on it was just a licensing agreement and they
only “managed” the golf course.</p>
<p>However, Trump profited with hundreds of thousands of dollars in
fees for that licensing and management. Eric Trump also filed a
bankruptcy claim for $927,000 for unpaid fees related to the club.</p>
<p>But it seems the president has more pressing problems (like
bashing NFL players who kneel during the national anthem) than
helping the Puerto Ricans reduce their debt crisis and get back on
their feet.</p>
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<p>Trump has said he will visit the island nation for the first time
next week and claimed he received a lot of <a
href="http://mashable.com/2017/09/26/trump-praises-his-response-to-hurricane-maria-puerto-rico/?utm_cid=hp-h-2#Eje8byZi6Oq3">praise</a>
from Puerto Rican officials who are “so thankful for the job we
are doing.”</p>
<p>Hmm. Very strange considering the fact Trump waited four days
before acknowledging the terrible humanitarian crisis on the
island via Twitter.</p>
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