Trump continues to marvel over Puerto Rico: 'This is an island surrounded by water. Big water. Ocean water.'

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published 29 September 2017

Have you ever really thought about the ocean? President Trump has and he's reached some conclusions: It's big. Really big.

Trump's latest observation about the "big water" around Puerto Rico came Friday:

Earlier in the week, Trump explained that Puerto Rico "is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean. It's a big ocean. It's a very big ocean."

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"This is a thing called the Atlantic Ocean," Trump said on Tuesday, still wowed. "This is tough stuff."

While the message gets a little lost in Trump's excitement, the president's point stands: "U.S. officials say that Puerto Rico faces a longer road to recovery than any other part of the U.S. hit by a hurricane, partly because the island needs to ship and fly in equipment and personnel that can simply be trucked in to states like Florida and Texas," The Wall Street Journal writes.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.