In the wake of Maria: Aerial views of devastation in Puerto Rico

Yahoo News Photo Staff

President Trump warned on Thursday, Oct. 12, that he couldn’t have federal relief workers in Puerto Rico indefinitely even as the hurricane-ravaged island struggles to recover.

“We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!” Trump tweeted early Thursday after quoting conservative television host Sharyl Attkisson and suggesting that Puerto Rico’s poor infrastructure was a “disaster” before Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma struck.

Here is an aerial view of the devastation to the island.

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