PR Gov.: “We need equal treatment.”
GOP: “Sure…you can have it as soon as you have white skin.”
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Trump: What do you say, Jose? [chuckles]
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló: Sir, my name is not Jose.
Trump: I knew that, Ricky. Or should I say Mr. Ricardo? [laughs] Do you still play that drum and sing that “Babalooey” thing?
Rosselló: Sir, I’m not Desi Arnaz. I’m the governor of Puerto Rico.
Trump: Here to give me another award, I guess? I’ve already got a bunch of A-pluses from everybody. But go ahead.
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If you understand the phrase “Brown lipstick in the boardroom,” you will understand Rosselló’s approach.
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LOL, I get that. I do.
I guess what I’m saying is, he may feel (and he could be correct) that given Trump’s narcissism and spiteful, revenge-based decision-making, this upsucking is the best strategy to try to gain as much cooperation and aid from the Trump administration as possible – aid that the island desperately needs.
So I guess my question is, by kissing Trump’s fat, gnarly, narcissistic ass, is he taking one for Team Puerto Rico?
Or is he taking this approach to intentionally help Trump?
Wow, Trump is SOOO excited talking about Maria.
He loves big destruction.
Folded arms again.
He’s continually pissed off these days.
@tena 
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Wow - folded arms again. He IS pissed off.
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No. But he’s also not doing anything to help PR. He should be screaming so loud as to collapse the remaining rafters. The time for diplomacy ended on Sept. 22nd.
¡No más!
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I hear ya.
But I still wonder – if he went after Trump with full-throated criticism, would this result in:
(a) More aid to Puerto Rico, as Trump attempted to prove the criticism wrong, or
(b) Less aid to Puerto Rico, as Trump attempted to punish the island because its elected leader criticized him.
Both possibilities seem plausible to me.
© Given the level of support “them damn Mexicans” have received so far, there would be no difference.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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He’s got an awful big responsibility to be taking risks. He has the responsibility for every Puerto Rican. If I were him, I’d walk on those hot coals too.
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He’s been kissing so much ass the brown lipstick is now tattooed to his face.
As I said previously, Gov. Rosselló should be screaming, raising his voice to the rafters, bringing down the house if need be.
Anyone who thinks Comrade Cockholster will suddenly be struck with a bout of compassion, an introspective realization that doing the right thing is the right thing to do, are delirious. He already bailed on the golf course in Puerto Rico, stiffing PR taxpayers to the tune of $33 million. Nothing to see there anymore.
To him, Puerto Rico is just another unpaid contractor. “Sue me,” he says.
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moron mistook him for Jose Jimenez? Ay carumba!
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In one of those classic “you can’t make this shit up” experiences … One evening I was walking back to my motel, located across the street from CBS Television City, when I met two model-looking women escorting a man, arm-in-arm, with some difficulty. Concerned, I asked “Is he alright?” Before either of them could answer, the man said, “You’re nice. You should come drinking with us.” It was Bill Dana.
An Anglo made his bones playing a Mexican. Go figure. P.S. I worked for an airline for about a million years so I could tell you stories about celebs slipping out of their celebrity persona and drinking and doping and not giving a bleep who saw it.
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I was in a bowling alley at 3AM 40 years ago. One of those deals you pay 10 bucks a lane and bowl as many games as you like. About 6 of us on blotter and whiskey. In walks Bill Daily and some tall, leggy blonde. I use “walks” generously. Crawls is almost more accurate. OMG. It’s us, and these two, in the entire building, and the front desk rented them the lanes right next to us. I don’t even remember how or when we left. Maybe I slept under the ball rack. I think a good time was had by all. Things looked up after we put out the fire.
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It is true that Puerto Rico has gotten most of the coverage. But the Virgin Islands deserve more coverage and Dominica, which got flattened end to end like Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, deserves much more coverage.