--- description: President Donald Trump criticized Puerto Rican officials in a tweet saying they "want everything you be done for them" after Hurricane Maria title: Trump: PR Leaders ‘Want Everything To Be Done For Them’ image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc952a88bdd4065cb/6988e00a656a3f826abd1e81/gettyimages-855769200.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Puerto Rico](/tag/puerto-rico/) ## Puerto Rico Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump: Puerto Rico Wants 'Everything to Be Done for Them’ by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 30, 2017 12:54 PM CUT  President Donald Trump stops to talk with reporters and members of the media as he walks from the Oval Office across the South lawn to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, Sept 29, 2017. President Donald Trump stops to talk with reporters and members of the media as he walks from the Oval Office across the South lawn to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, Sept 29, 2017.Photograph by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 30, 2017 12:54 PM CUT President Donald Trump criticized Puerto Rico Sunday morning on Twitter, claiming there is “poor leadership ability” among officials and that they “want everything to be done for them” after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. The series of tweets against Puerto Rican officials began when Trump said Mayor of San Juan Carmen Yulín Cruz has been “nasty” to him after after allegedly being asked to act that way by Democrats. Cruz made a plea for help [during a press conference Friday.](http://time.com/4963614/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-san-juan-mayor/ "undefined") “I am begging you. Begging anyone that can hear us to save us from dying. If anybody out there is listening, we are dying. And you are killing us with the inefficiency,” [Cruz said](http://time.com/4963614/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-san-juan-mayor/ "undefined") of Hurricane Maria’s aftermath. When addressing Trump, she asked he make sure there is someone “up to the task of saving lives.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914087234869047296) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914089003745468417) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914089888596754434) Trump also said that leaders in Puerto Rico were “not able to get their workers to help” and [credited federal workers](http://time.com/4960263/puerto-rico-devastation-hurricane-maria-aid/ "undefined") for doing a “fantastic job.” The comments come after Trump [faced criticism over his response to Puerto Rico.](http://time.com/4960647/us-turned-its-back-on-puerto-rico/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4963903/donald-trump-puerto-rican-leaders-want-everything-to-be-done-for-them/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4963903/donald-trump-puerto-rican-leaders-want-everything-to-be-done-for-them/"},"headline":"Donald Trump: Puerto Rico Wants 'Everything to Be Done for Them’","datePublished":"2017-09-30T12:54:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:40:13.923Z","description":"Trump also said Democrats told the Mayor of San Juan to be \"nasty\" to him","url":"https://time.com/4963903/donald-trump-puerto-rican-leaders-want-everything-to-be-done-for-them/","keywords":["Puerto Rico","White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc952a88bdd4065cb/6988e00a656a3f826abd1e81/gettyimages-855769200.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc952a88bdd4065cb/6988e00a656a3f826abd1e81/gettyimages-855769200.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Donald Trump","caption":"President Donald Trump","creditText":"Photograph by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/puerto-rico/","name":"Puerto Rico"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4963903/donald-trump-puerto-rican-leaders-want-everything-to-be-done-for-them/","name":"Donald Trump: Puerto Rico Wants 'Everything to Be Done for Them’"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"San Juan Mayor Responds to Donald Trump’s Twitter Attack","description":"San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz seemed to make a response to President Donald Trump's Hurricane Maria criticism on Twitter Saturday by focusing on the work that needs to be done in Puerto Rico.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/NisQJuYp/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-09-30T16:33:11.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NisQJuYp.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4963903/donald-trump-puerto-rican-leaders-want-everything-to-be-done-for-them/","duration":"PT1M3S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4963903/donald-trump-puerto-rican-leaders-want-everything-to-be-done-for-them/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```