Dear President Trump,

I am astonished by your lack of support for a territory that you claim you have control over during Hurricane Maria.

Not that you haven't been cold-hearted to minorities in the past... I just figured you'd at least take care of an island of minorities that is still part of the U.S. According to CNN, "it wasn't until Tuesday, six days after Maria hit Puerto Rico, that Trump made a substantive-late-to-the-disaster-statement during a press conference with the Spanish foreign minister at the White House."

Not only did it take an enormously inappropriate amount of time to even deliver a speech about one of the largest disasters to hit P.R. It was done so incredibly ineloquently. You proceeded to acknowledge how P.R. is in an even worse state of financial crisis but instead of sympathizing, you had to insert the fact that P.R. is in debt to one of the largest money making industries of America: Wall Street.

I understand that while P.R. shouldn't deserve a wave of passage from its dues, it definitely doesn't deserve to be included in more stress from the president who is supposed to be the rock as to which it should look up to. Not only is Trump not able to be looked up to, he's actually the one who is refusing to allow aid to P.R. which is a huge slap in the face to the island.

According to CNN, Trump is purposely cutting off the island from outside aid as well as refusing to allow congressmen to travel to Puerto Rico.

Furthermore, Trump is refusing to suspend maritime restrictions for foreign vessels attempting to supply and aid the island because he believes the shipping industry would be offended by it.

However, he has waved those restrictions for Florida and Texas. Has Trump completely forgotten that Puerto Rico is as much of a part of the U.S. as a state is, but just in a different sense?

According to the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, more than 10,000 Puerto Rican's are currently on active duty as military personnel. Puerto Rican's are hard workers and are resilient fighters for the U.S. Military that Trump is so proud and financially supportive of.

We are not leeches and we can stand on our own two feet.

However, the aid from America could speed up that process and make it easier to be motivated to. So, Trump, I'm writing because I thoroughly believe that you are not in the position to refuse help for Puerto Rico by just throwing less than enough aid it's way. It's in need of support financially and morally, but it can do it without you. It is a strong island full of incredibly resilient and kind-hearted people, which is something that you just won't ever understand.

Sincerely,

A proud Boriquena