Trump Prepares ‘Long-Term Support’ for Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands

President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence (2nd R), White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert (3rd R); Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke (2nd L), and FEMA Administrator Brock Long,(L), speaks with Puerto Rico’s Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló on a video teleconference in the Situation Room at the White House on Sept. 26, 2017. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead

Relief efforts are underway in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which were devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The Trump administration said that the first priorities are saving lives and providing core necessities such as food, water, and shelter.

“The President made clear that there is no such thing as over-responding,” states a Sept. 27 White House readout of President Donald Trump’s meetings with senior U.S. officials on the disaster response.