After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory had 3.4 million people without power. President Trump said the government was doing a ‘great job’ helping Puerto Rico. The DI asked students near campus, ‘What do you think about the U.S.’s federal response for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico?’

Deidre Beavers, Freshman

“I don’t believe that Donald Trump did enough to support [Puerto Rico]. They are part of our country, and I don’t believe enough aid was delivered to them. I honestly haven’t kept up too much with it, so I feel like I don’t have that much information; I just know that it’s been kind of dependent on charities like the Red Cross to deal with it, but they’re not getting enough funding.”

Natalie Sanders, Sophomore

“I think it’s a disgrace, honestly. I think they should take more action in Puerto Rico. They’re our citizens, too, and they need help. And they’re just not getting the attention they need from our government.”

Sam Lovan, Junior

“It’s probably not enough considering the comparisons to other responses to other hurricanes.”

Caitlyn Owens, Freshman

“I think that we could do more, I don’t know … I thought it was really cool that Royal Caribbean canceled its cruise and went to help the people that were in trouble down there. I thought that we should have done something more like that.”

Ben Towar, Senior

“I think the aid is good, but it could be better especially considering that it’s a United States territory. But for the most part, I do think the response was relatively slow compared to Mainland devastation such as Irma and stuff like that.”