President Donald Trump spoke to reporters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, last year after Hurricane Maria. Doug Mills/New York Times

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s an ‘‘absolute no’’ on statehood for Puerto Rico while critics, including San Juan’s mayor, are in office.

Trump criticized Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, a critic of his administration’s response to hurricanes in the U.S. territory last year, in a radio interview with Geraldo Rivera that aired Monday, calling her ‘‘incompetent.’’

Trump pre-taped the interview for Rivera’s show on Cleveland’s WTAM radio. He says: ‘‘Puerto Rico shouldn’t be talking about statehood until they get some people that really know what they’re doing.’’

He adds: ‘‘With people like that involved in Puerto Rico, I would be an absolute no.’’

Support for Puerto Rico statehood was in the Republican Party’s 2016 platform.