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He and the First Lady depart at 8:20 AM ET and lands at 11:45 AM ET, before departing again at 5:05 PM ET. Puerto Rico remains devastated, with more than half the island lacking clean drinking water.

Go Deeper: The current state of the crisis.

3:30 PM: Meeting with U.S. Virgin Islands governor then briefing with the governors and military personnel

4:10 PM: Meeting with sailors and marines deployed to Puerto Rico

Trump to spend 5.5 hours in Puerto Rico

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He and the First Lady depart at 8:20 AM ET and lands at 11:45 AM ET, before departing again at 5:05 PM ET. Puerto Rico remains devastated, with more than half the island lacking clean drinking water.Go Deeper: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The current state of the crisis" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/12-days-after-maria-most-of-puerto-rico-lacks-drinking-water-1513305916-5c0c9fbb-f351-4729-a684-340b4e80c463.html" data-vars-content-id="25190f56-9d5e-414f-bc2d-94edb2fe7d9d" data-vars-headline="Trump to spend 5.5 hours in Puerto Rico" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/12-days-after-maria-most-of-puerto-rico-lacks-drinking-water-1513305916-5c0c9fbb-f351-4729-a684-340b4e80c463.html" target="_self">The current state of the crisis</a>.

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Trump to spend 5.5 hours in Puerto Rico

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