White House aide calls Puerto Rico 'that country,' says it was 'slip of the tongue'

White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley on Tuesday referred to Puerto Rico as "that country," adding fuel to the flame that the White House does not treat the island as part of the United States.

During an interview on MSNBC, Gidley railed against the Puerto Rican government's handling of federal hurricane aid, claiming officials left food to rot at the island's ports. His comments came after President Donald Trump falsely claimed that "Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before.”"They have not come to $91 billion with all we've done in that country," Gidley said, without correcting himself.

Gidley later clarified his statement after being asked whether he meant to call Puerto Rico a country, when it is actually a U.S. territory.When asked if that mistake contributes to how the White House views Puerto Rico, Gidley said once again that it was just a slip.Trump received backlash after he claimed during a series of tweets on Tuesday morning that Puerto Rico only takes from the United States. In addition to being a U.S. territory, its residents are U.S. citizens.

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They have mismanaged the money. I worked and lived there for 10 months after the hurricane. They want to rebuild most of the houses on the island. When they were falling apart before the hurricane.

it is ok for the US to mismanage their own money ( pouring money into the military, prison system etc) to hit record high levels of national debt & overspending but when someone mismanages foreign aid, then everyone in government should panic.

'gotten' that's right up there with receiveded.

I gotta say, looking at his picture, Hogan Gidley is the perfect name for him.

On what grounds would they say such a thing. If they had standing to prove so, so it would be. Im over 45's say bs and go with the flow later and deny I said it strategy.

The lies or lack of knowledge?All the same, misconstrued facts don't make them right, this has got to stop, his personal advisers should get the facts right before he goes on air, this is embarrassing!

Another Trump ORANGE 🍊 jejejejeje, hahahahshahshahahahahshahahahaha🤣

Just look to that face!

Why is this strange..how easy it’s to forget that the state run tv 3 Mexican countries..

hogan gidley

Idiot.

Is there ANYONE in Trump’s Administration who attended legitimate public school or have they all just been schooled in alternate facts?

Yep.

MatthewCronin9 Isn’t defending Trump’s B💩 part of the job, along with selling one’s soul?

This guy is a Fox News Dumbo. He doesn't realize PR is a US territory. You're fired.

They used it to party with the Democrats

....while rolling his eyes....

They will yell fake news if you try to tell them Puerto Rico is part of the US . It is mind blowing the level of ignorance people have . I expect Trump to not know , but his supporters need to educate themselves in geography. SMH

I bet if we gave Puerto Rico the right to vote their would be respected for their service to this country it is the right thing to do.

Like that doesn’t happen elsewhere? How about doing your job and make sure money and help goes to where it’s needed

Puerto Rico's been a problem since the Spanish American War. Puerto Rico has been divided about half & half over independence & statehood. PR nationalists once tried to assassinate POTUS Truman 1950. For the U.S. PR is like owning a hole in the ocean into which you pour money.

hogangidley45 is LindseyGrahamSC ‘s bottom. maga

Lol, a Freudian slip. Those slips mean something, Hogan. Also, can someone clean this guy up?

hogangidley45: that is bullshit

Clowns in clown cars

Congress maintains Puerto Rico’s FOREIGN Possession status to serve as TaxHaven for CFCs, businesses & rich individuals from the states at the expense of 3.2M disenfranchised Americans. Forces out +100,000 PuertoRicans/yr to the States for Equality & voting rights🌴🇺🇸🌴🇵🇷

TRUMP’S MISS UNIVERSE 2002 – SAN JUAN PR – WINNER RUSSIA

The best people

It's Oswald Cobblepot!

Who knew Dustin Hoffman was also the president of Puerto Rico.

Karma dude... hogangidley45

That’s a made up name. Like Donald Trump.

Ladies and gentlemen, just another example of our 'right' leaders expressing their straightforward opinion that, in fact, brown people are irrelevant.

I don't think he will be invited to speak again. he exposed himself embarrassingly.

Just when you think there can't be another offensive comment from this Admin., they top themselves. But the believers will continue to approve of these racist comments. Sad.

Is this a photo of Dustin Hoffman from the graduate?

The White House needs a history lesson. PuertoRicoistheUSA

Why does everyone in Trump’s orbit look like a villain from central casting?

Su pais es mi pais, compadre.

Hukpac jr doesn't know what he is talking about... get someone to speak for the WH that has some experience and an education.

He should spend less time on his hair and more studying history.

He looks like he’s hungover & just got out of bed. 😂😂

Dumb and dumber.

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