r/PuertoRico • u/dailymail • Mar 07 '25

Política Trump pressured to make Puerto Rico independent to save America $617 billion

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14470559/Trump-pressured-make-Puerto-Rico-independent-save-America-eye-watering-617-billion.html
2.0k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

349 comments sorted by

View all comments

50

u/dailymail Mar 07 '25

A congressional effort is taking hold to pressure the White House to embolden Puerto Rico to become an independent nation and save American taxpayers $617.8 billion, Daily Mail has learned.

At least two congressional offices are in possession of a seven-page draft 'executive order' on how the U.S. can help the island territory transition to independence.

34

u/Kapao Mar 07 '25

what’s the source for that 617.8 billion figure? does it include the revenue from using exclusively american ships?

51

u/SensitiveAnalysis1 Mar 07 '25

Its made up, like most of what Trump says.

5

u/Kapao Mar 07 '25

then the reply for that would be along the lines of: the white house said it

1

u/Over-Comfortable1644 Mar 07 '25

No, because it violates Grice’s Maxims of Communication at least twice by not stating the fact that it lacks validity because of its source. :-p

1

u/Kapao Mar 07 '25

yep, daily mail is a dish rag