nobody would understand calling the disaster response in puerto rico a success. nobody would understand that. an estimated 2,975 american citizens died there after hurricane maria. that is the most recent estimate, but the government still isn't sure exactly how many, and it's nearly a year later. some 3.4 million residents were left without power when maria struck. many of them had no power for weeks of deadly heat there. just days ago, the government accountability office released a report slamming fema's response in puerto rico, saying the agency was unprepared and failed to deploy enough qualified staff. that is not successful by any measure. and this is not the first time that this president has graded himself on a curve.