Puerto Rico stands as a state associated with the United States, being officially classified as an “uns incorporated territory”. Current U.S. mandatory Donald Trump, shortly after taking over, asked if the island could be sold to someone who was more interested. This was confirmed by Elaine Duke, a former Interior Security Minister, in an interview with The New York Times, in which she stated that Trump’s initial ideas “were more like those of a businessman.”
Elaine Duke, Minister of Homeland Security from April 2017 to April 2018.
“Can we outsource electricity? Can we sell the island? You know, stop owning that asset?” said Trump, according to the former function. While this was never taken seriously by the U.S. government, Duke is confident that those sayings reflect Trump’s true mindset regarding the islands. Such is how the same former governor of Puerto Rico, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, called on Jeniffer González, president of the Republican Party in Puerto Rico, to stop supporting Donald Trump in the face of possible re-election.
Donald Trump must be arrested and defeated on all fronts. There those who continue to defend their insults to our people. Puerto Rican dignity is NOT negotiable. Here’s my vote for Biden today. pic.twitter.com/gYiQ3tjgyH — Hannibal Acevedo Vilá (@anibalacevedo)
July 12, 2020
Ensuring that his vote goes to Joe Biden, Acevedo Vilá wrote: “There those who continue to defend their insults to our people. Puerto Rican dignity is non-negotiable.”
