Article snippet: Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that ‘‘we may have been a little bit lucky’’ after Hurricane Irma veered from its original course and headed along Florida’s west coast, instead of east. He said that path might be less destructive. He said Irma will ‘‘cost a lot of money’’ but that he’s most concerned at this point with saving lives. Trump commented hours after the nearly 400-mile-wide storm blew ashore early Sunday in the Florida Keys, made landfall on Marco Island on the state’s west coast and was barreling toward Tampa, which hasn’t suffered a direct hit from a major hurricane in nearly 100 years. He also spoke before state and local officials had begun to assess the damage. ‘‘We may have been a little bit lucky in that it went on the west and it may not have been quite as destructive, but we’re going to see,’’ Trump said, addressing reporters after returning to the White House from Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland where he spent the weekend monitoring the storm. ‘‘It’s going to play out over the next five or six hours,’’ said Trump, who was accompanied by his wife, Melania. Trump deflected questions about the billions of dollars the government will be asked to spend to help communities in Florida and other affected states rebuild after Irma, saying ‘‘right now we’re worried about lives, not cost.’’... Link to the full article to read more