--- title: Rihanna Sends Message Asking Trump to Help Puerto Rico description: Rihanna has issued a heartfelt plea calling on President Donald Trump to send aid to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. canonical: https://time.com/4960846/rihanna-donald-trump-puerto-rico-tweet/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-28T14:52:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:39.167Z og:title: Rihanna Issues Heartfelt Plea Calling on Trump to Help og:description: "Don't let your people die like this" og:url: https://time.com/4960846/rihanna-donald-trump-puerto-rico-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna Issues Heartfelt Plea Calling on Trump to Help twitter:description: "Don't let your people die like this" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Rihanna Issues Heartfelt Plea Calling on Donald Trump to Help Puerto Rico > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 28, 2017 2:52 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 28, 2017 2:52 PM UTC [Rihanna](http://time.com/4953033/rihanna-side-eye-meme/) has issued a heartfelt plea calling on [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4960751/donald-trump-waives-jones-act-puerto-rico/) to send aid to [Puerto Rico](http://time.com/hurricane-maria-destruction-photos/) in the wake of the devastation [Hurricane Maria](http://time.com/4951160/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-aftermath/) wrought on the U.S. territory earlier this month. The Fenty Beauty creator took to Twitter Thursday to share a cover of _The Daily News_ imploring Trump to support Puerto Rico in its time of need. “No food, no water, no power, no medical care for the dying,” it reads. “Puerto Rico needs more help, Mr. President.” Rih also added her own appeal about the territory’s dire situation. “Dear [@realDonaldTrump](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump) I know you’ve probably already seen this, but I just wanted to make sure!” she wrote. “Don’t let your people die like this.” Maria — a Category 4 storm when it hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20 — killed 16 people and left more than 3.4 million without power for what could be more than a month. [Governor Ricardo Rosselló](http://time.com/4956760/trump-tweets-puerto-rico-hurricane/) has issued a [statement](https://twitter.com/markberman/status/912157330971774978) pleading for help for his “essentially devastated” island. > [](https://twitter.com/rihanna/status/913356709321519104) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4960846/rihanna-donald-trump-puerto-rico-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4960846/rihanna-donald-trump-puerto-rico-tweet/"},"headline":"Rihanna Issues Heartfelt Plea Calling on Donald Trump to Help Puerto Rico","datePublished":"2017-09-28T14:52:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:39.167Z","description":"\"Don't let your people die like this\"","url":"https://time.com/4960846/rihanna-donald-trump-puerto-rico-tweet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","twitter","Rihanna","Puerto Rico","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4960846/rihanna-donald-trump-puerto-rico-tweet/","name":"Rihanna Issues Heartfelt Plea Calling on Donald Trump to Help Puerto Rico"}}]}] ```