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Despite opposition from President Donald Trump and Senate leader Mitch McConnell to the annexation of Puerto Rico to the U.S., Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón alleged that the U.S. government is preparing the island for statehood and is providing the economic tools to return to economic development.