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Trump mocked for tossing paper towels to hurricance victims
A new round of harsh criticism has been lobbed at United States President Donald Trump for tossing rolls of paper towels to victims of Hurricane Maria in the the capital city of Puerto Rico, San Juan.
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US President Donald Trump throws a paper towel roll as he visits the Cavalry Chapel in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico on Oct. 3, 2017. Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria thrashed through the US territory, much of the islands remains short of food and without access to power or drinking water. (Agence France -Presse/Mandel Ngan)
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new round harsh criticism has been lobbed at United States President Donald Trump for tossing rolls of paper towels to victims of Hurricane Maria in the the capital city of Puerto Rico, San Juan.
After making a condescending statement about Puerto Rico—“I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you’ve thrown our budget a little out of whack”—Trump held a meeting with hurricane victims before playfully tossed rolls of paper towel to a crowd who gathered at an evangelical church in San Juan.
Trump tosses paper towels to hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico pic.twitter.com/ACQCaCv7oW
— TIME (@TIME) October 3, 2017
Media personality Areva Martin said that what Trump did to victims of the natural disaster made her 'nauseous'.
Watching Trump throwing paper towels to suffering families in #PuertoRico made me nauseous! Does he think these US citizens are peasants?
— Areva Martin, Esq. (@ArevaMartin) October 4, 2017
Journalist Caleb Ecarma said that Trump likely failed to follow his staffers' advice on directly handing out the paper towel.
Trump: great crowd today, fantastic. now raise those hands if you want paper towels!
Staffer: uh we should probably hand them out sir
Trump: pic.twitter.com/2pmt9vOIsi
— Caleb Ecarma (@calebecarma) October 3, 2017
GQ correspondent Keith Olberman said Trump was tone-deaf and that he only cared about himself.
NEW VIDEO: Tone-Deaf Trump tosses Paper Towels at Puerto Ricans, identifies the true victim there - Himself. pic.twitter.com/F0kgiqtXdQ
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) October 4, 2017
CNN journalist and Trump's bête noire Jim Acosta said that Trump's behavior was "strange and un-presidential."
“Can you imagine if we were covering President Barack Obama visiting a hurricane zone, an area devastated by a hurricane, and Barack Obama had been throwing rolls of paper towels at hurricane victims?," Acosta said in a live program broadcast Tuesday night.
