Donald Trump flew to Puerto Rico to provide a measure of presidential comfort to the island’s suffering citizens (“Trump discusses aid in Puerto Rico,’’ Page A2, Oct. 4). Once there, he praised his administration’s disaster response, widely considered anemic at best; tossed paper towels to the needy crowd; and told them that they are fortunate the island’s body-bag count was minimal compared with that of a “real’’ disaster like Katrina. Even for Trump, that’s a bizarre form of comfort and assurance that the mainland has their back. What’s wrong with this guy?

David Greenfield

Waltham