According to BBC news "3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico," Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter, without offering evidence for the claim.
He added that Democrats had inflated the official death toll to "make me look as bad as possible".
The official figure was released last month after an independent study.
On Thursday, Mr. Trump wrote in a pair of tweets that Democrats were attacking him "when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico".
The Republican president suggested the hurricane death toll was artificially inflated by adding those who passed away from natural causes such as old age.
"Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!" he tweeted.
See his tweet below:
3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 13, 2018
Read More.....This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 13, 2018
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