Trump compares Hurricane Maria, Katrina 'death counts'

President Trump on Tuesday compared the “death counts” between Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, and Hurricane Maria, which has created an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico.

Speaking at a meeting of government officials in San Juan, Trump praised the federal government’s response in Puerto Rico by comparing the number of deaths in those two tragedies.





More than 1,200 people died as a result of Katrina, which was one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history. Some experts have said that they believe the number of deaths confirmed in Puerto Rico due to Maria will rise dramatically in the coming days.