What did Donald Trump claim about disaster aid on 13 Sep 2018?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico's government estimates 2,975 deaths from Hurricane Maria, based on a 2018 George Washington University study, and the National Hurricane Center's report on Maria gives that toll.
'Based on a study from George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health (2018), the government of Puerto Rico has estimated there were 2975 fatalities on that island due to Maria.' (Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Maria, National Hurricane Center, NOAA).
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