Trump also suggested the 16 deaths on the island so far officially attributed to the hurricane indicated a better response than George W. Bush’s handling of Katrina in 2005.
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SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO—U.S. President Donald Trump highlighted Puerto Rico’s relatively low death toll compared with “a real catastrophe like Katrina” as he opened a tour of the island’s devastation Tuesday, focusing on the best of the reviews he and his administration are getting rather than criticism of the federal response to Hurricane Maria.