You're technically not wrong. However, PR is a territory in the same way that the islands of St Martin and Martinique are French territories. The people are all citizens of their respective countries. They're culturally NOT French, but the educated know how to speak fluent French.

The French immediately shipped aid and Macron traveled there to assess the damage, because those are French citizens who lost their homes. France and those islands are separated by an entire ocean and their response was still better than the American response to PR. And the response to PR when compared to Florida and Texas is just garbage.

So that's why people are harping on how PR should be described as a US territory and not a country - because a lot of people don't realize or don't care that Puerto Ricans *are* American citizens. Citizens should be treated equally, right?