One of these days President Donald Trump
can wake up, and in a simple tweet declare: "I have seen the level of
corruption and incompetence of the government in Puerto Rico, and there is no
other option but to say that the island must be independent."
In two sentences, he could change
everything for Puerto Rico. Then, Ricardo Rosselló’s campaign prophecy that he
would be the last governor of the Commonwealth would be fulfilled.
This far-fetched idea might seem like the
plot of a movie, and many people will say that this is impossible, but they do
not take into account the current political environment and the power of the
president. Puerto Rico is the perfect excuse for Trump in difficult times.
Trump knows that he will not be thrown out of his presidency, but he has to
change the media’s narrative against him after the Mueller
Report, which has made him look very bad.
There is an indisputable truth that has
been discussed for months in power circles in Washington: the actions of the
Rosselló administration has made independence for Puerto Rico closer than ever
before in history. He is pro-statehood but acts as if he were the president of
an independent republic. That is why many consider that Rosselló has been the
most effective spokesman for independence for Puerto Rico, as discussed in
political circles in the federal capital.
