Trump finally suspends the Jones Act while supplies still fail to reach much of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico,Disaster,General News
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Early on Thursday morning, Donald Trump finally raised shipping limitations imposed by the Jones Act. The change—announced in a tweet by Sarah Huckabee Sanders—following the furor when Trump declared that he was putting the interest of shipping companies ahead of the lives of Americans on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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