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    Trump lashes out at Puerto Ricans after mayor's criticism of administration's relief effort

    by By Cathleen Decker and Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times Sep 30, 2017 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - From the comfort of his New Jersey golf resort, President Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the ravaged island's residents, defending his administration's hurricane response by suggesting that Puerto Ricans had not done enough to help themselves.

    Trump's Twitter assault, which began early Saturday and lasted until evening, was set off by criticism from Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, who on Friday had criticized the federal response since Hurricane Maria's Sept. 20 landfall.

    "Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help," Trump tweeted. He added: "They want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort. 10,000 federal workers now on island doing a

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