03-06-2016, 01:23 AM
Quote:Last July, a month after he launched his campaign, Trump made news in Puerto Rico—and not in a good way. “I’m really rich,” he’d said in his announcement speech. “It’s not bragging. That’s the kind of mindset you need for this country.” Just four weeks later, the Trump International Gulf Club Puerto Rico announced that it was declaring bankruptcy. Which led people here to ask an obvious question: Why is bankruptcy an option for billionaires and not beleaguered U.S. territories? Officially, Puerto Rico is “commonwealth,” but it is not a state. It will send voting delegates—23 of them—to the Republican National Convention, but voters here have no say in the November elections.Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis Clouds GOP Primary | RealClearPolitics