WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that the federal government might soon be ending its recovery efforts in Puerto Rico as the island tries to recover from Hurricane Maria.

… We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2017

“We cannot keep FEMA, the Military (sic), & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!” Trump tweeted a little after 7 a.m. The death toll on Puerto Rico has risen to 45 people with more than 100 still unaccounted for, according to Puerto Rico’s Department of Public Safety. [related_gallery align=”right”]The Trump administration has been criticized for its slow response to the hurricane. Trump has taken to Twitter before to lash out at San Juan’s Mayor, who was critical of Trump’s response to the devastation on the island, and on Sunday the head of FEMA dismissed the mayor’s complaints as “political noise.” “We filtered out the mayor a long time ago,” said FEMA administrator Brock Long on “This Week” on Sunday. “We don’t have time for the political noise.” FEMA came under fire for removing statics about how many Puerto Ricans lacked access to electricity and safe drinking water from its website. They were later restored. Nearly 90 percent of the people in Puerto Rico had no power as of Oct. 11. Trump also partially cited a quote from Sharyl Attkisson about Puerto Rico “surviving the hurricanes” and now facing a “financial crisis of their own making.”