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Alex Cora: Donald Trump's Tweets on Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria 'Disrespectful'

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora called President Donald Trump's tweets about the death toll from Hurricane Maria "disrespectful" to his home country of Puerto Rico.

"To be tweeting about 3,000 people ...it's actually disrespectful for my country," Cora said Thursday, according to ESPN.com. "We see it that way. I know probably he doesn't feel that way. And like I said, hey man, thank you for helping us. He went down there, he did what he did.

"I hate talking about politics and all that, but I think this is more than politics.