According to the pool report and reporters on the ground in Puerto Rico, President Trump did a “Stephen Curry impersonation” and delivered paper towels to those in need:
https://twitter.com/justinsink/status/915267686074130437
According to the pool report, the crowd “enjoyed” the light-hearted aid distribution:
What. The hell. Is Trump doing. In Puerto Rico.
(via pool) pic.twitter.com/TvveWb7o6o
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) October 3, 2017
The blue-check mob, however, wasn’t so impressed:
https://twitter.com/jesseberney/status/915270757416087553
Is this for real? Oprah-style disaster relief. "You get a roll of paper towels. And YOU get a roll of paper towels!" https://t.co/SuTdoapT2C
— Niv Elis (@NivElis) October 3, 2017
The President of the United States. https://t.co/TOWp7mmruA
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 3, 2017
Omggg does Trump think the crisis in Puerto Rico is just a massive party? I don't understand. https://t.co/cW9zDOWOG8
— Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani (@AdrienneMahsa) October 3, 2017
Bread, circuses and paper goods. https://t.co/JFuNukb1GT
— Quinn Cummings (@quinncy) October 3, 2017
per the pool covering Trump in Puerto Rico. this is just insanely tone deaf pic.twitter.com/RkhdJFezb5
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) October 3, 2017
Hmmm, maybe on the next trip?
https://twitter.com/jessgood/status/915270852945567745
just wait til he starts shooting MAGA t-shirts out of a t-shirt cannon https://t.co/IQIiPmJOTi
— ?Imani Gandied Yams? (@AngryBlackLady) October 3, 2017
We’ll add video as soon as we find it:
Anyone roll video on this? https://t.co/LLHppCs41T
— Anthony DeRosa? (@Anthony) October 3, 2017
And this is why Mark Knoller is the best: “Handed out paper towels.”
Pres Trump visited supply distribution center at Calvary Chapel in Guaynabo, P.R. Handed out paper towels, flashlight batteries and rice. pic.twitter.com/0VqvirsvmQ
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 3, 2017
Just the facts, none of the BS spin on the moment.
Update. No video yet, but here’s a pic:
https://twitter.com/TomNamako/status/915276394246082560
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