President Trump on Tuesday called last year’s hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico an, “incredible, unsung success.”

 President Trump on Tuesday called last year's hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico an "incredible, unsung success." He told reporters gathered in the Oval Office for a briefing on Hurricane Florence, "I actually think it was one of the best jobs ever been done in respect to what this is all about."  Trump went on to mention that the "problem with Puerto Rico" was its electric grid and that it "had no electricity essentially before the storm and when the storm hit that took it out entirely."  He continued: "The job that FEMA and law enforcement and everybody did working along with the governor in Puerto Rico was tremendous. I think Puerto Rico was an incredible, unsung success." In mid-August, Puerto Rico raised the official Hurricane Maria-related death toll from 64 to 2,975.  That increase was based on a study conducted by George Washington University.  CNN reports, when Trump visited Puerto Rico roughly two weeks after Maria hit, he suggested that the then-estimated 16 hurricane-related deaths, although tragic, paled in comparison to the roughly 1,800 who died in connection to Katrina, "a real catastrophe.