That's left administration officials confident in this year's efforts, even as the White House's approach to last year's storms has drawn increased scrutiny. Initially hailed as a rare glimmer of competence in an otherwise chaotic and dysfunctional administration, the administration's hurricane response has since been re-evaluated. Questions have been raised over disparities in how the President responded to storms in Florida and Texas compared to Puerto Rico, where the official death toll was recently revised to nearly 3,000. Trump last month defended his administration's work in Puerto Rico, despite the dramatically increased death count. "I think we did a fantastic job in Puerto Rico, Trump said during an exchange with reporters at the White House. We're still helping Puerto Rico.