Even by his own lofty standards for infantile grudge-based tantrums, this is off the charts. I know it seems impossible that he keeps raising the bar of his own pettiness, and yet he does it!
He actually said he won’t consider Puerto Rican statehood until all its office holders agree with him! “With the mayor of San Juan as bad as she is and as incompetent as she is, Puerto Rico shouldn’t be talking about statehood until they get some people that really know what they’re doing.” Trump said that when “you have good leadership,” statehood for Puerto Rico could be “something they talk about. With people like that involved in Puerto Rico, I would be an absolute no.”
The Governor of Puerto Rico, who has been complimentary of Trump in the past, was appalled by this. “The president said he is not in favor of statehood for the people of Puerto Rico based on a personal feud with a local mayor. This is an insensitive, disrespectful comment to over 3 million Americans who live in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.”
Don’t worry…Trump can always go lower.