Puerto Rico needs more than Trump's cynical ploy

(CNN)Three years after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, hardship on the US territory is still palpable. Thousands of Puerto Ricans still live under blue tarps after losing their homes in the storm. Hundreds of schools shut down after the destruction of September 20, 2017. Death tolls in the storm's wake range from 3,000 to as many as 4,645 -- the exact tally is likely to remain a mystery. And the island's crippled economy hasn't recovered. Luis Gutierrez But Friday, after years of inaction and omission, and only 45 days before the election, President Donald Trump, who once boasted "I'm the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico," decided it was time to send the island $13...