The feud comes amid the resignation of a top Housing and Urban Development official, widely regarded as one of the most capable administrators in the agency, after the White House’s attempt to block disaster recovery money for Puerto Rico.

The White House had already angered Puerto Rican officials by directing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this month to determine how much of the $13.9 billion in emergency funds for Puerto Rico could be redirected to build Trump’s border wall with Mexico.

In response to the disaster, Congress has appropriated nearly $20 billion in HUD disaster-relief funds, only $1.5 billion of which has been approved for spending. That money has been delayed because of the government shutdown, now in its 27th day with no end in sight.

“The bulk of the reconstruction money hasn’t made it, more than a year after the hurricane,” said Federico A. de Jesús, principal of FDJ Solutions, a consulting firm, and the former deputy director of the Puerto Rico governor’s office in Washington. “We should be past the relief effort and into the reconstruction effort.”

Rosselló, a Democrat, has for the most part largely resisted sharply criticizing the White House over its response to the disaster, said Ramón Luis Nieves, a former Puerto Rico state senator, which some on the island have seen as an attempt to avoid alienating the federal government it needs for funding. But in a Facebook video addressed to Trump, Rosselló attacked “unconscionable” remarks and “completely false and inaccurate information” tied to the Trump administration.

The Washington Post reported this week that Trump told top White House officials he did not want a single dollar going to Puerto Rico because he thought the island was not using the money properly and was exploiting the federal government, according to a person with direct knowledge of the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive internal deliberations.

“I’m making a public request to you, Mr. President, to meet me so that I can correct the ill-informed advice and disconcerting notions you are getting on Puerto Rico,” Rosselló said, citing the rejection of the food stamps aid request.