Puerto Rico’s Governor Pushes Back on Trump With Calls for Statehood
Photo Credit: Ricardo Rosselló, right, governor of Puerto Rico, speaking at the Skift Global Forum in New York. Skift / Mike Linden
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Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló is not shy about advocating for the island's potential future as a U.S. state. At Skift Global Forum, he reminded us that the travel industry has a duty to fight injustice and build connections despite political drama.
As Puerto Rico works to recover from last year's devastating hurricane, the island's government faces challenges at it architects a powerful recovery for its citizens.
President Donald J. Trump, however, has been criticized by many for his lackluster support for the Puerto Rican recovery. He has also announced his resistance to the potential of statehood of the island territory.
"The short of it, of course, is that he's wrong," Ricardo Rosselló, the governor of Puerto Rico, told a standing-room-only crowd at Skift Global Forum in New York on Wednesday night. "We're talking about U.S. citizens here. Prior to the storm, only about 20 percent of people in the mainland knew that Puerto Ricans were U.S. citizens. After the storm, more than 90 percent know that."
Rosselló has overseen the recovery and is frustrated by t
