When Donald Trump arrived in Puerto Rico on October 3, he wasted no time making light of the disastrous conditions and joking about how the people of Puerto Rico are throwing “our budget out of whack.”
Not very presidential, if you ask, well, many people, including the mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulìn Cruz. In an interview on MSNBC, she let us know exactly what she thought of President Donald Trump’s behavior.
In addition to Trump’s earlier inappropriate remarks about the budget and comparing Puerto Rico to Katrina, there’s the above video of him tossing paper towels into a crowd of people like he’s giving away t-shirts at a ball game.
These are people who have been without basic life necessities for weeks and he’s treating them like a PR stunt.
In this moment, when Cruz and Trump shook hands, she said to him, “It’s about saving lives. It’s not about politics.” Trump didn’t even seem to hear her.
In an interview on MSNBC, Cruz slammed Trump for his inappropriate comments and actions during his visit to Puerto Rico. “This was a PR, 17-minute meeting,” Cruz said. “There was no exchange with anybody, none of the mayors.
“In fact, this terrible and abominable view of him throwing paper towels and throwing provisions at people, it really — it does not embody the spirit of the American nation…
“He was insulting to the people of Puerto Rico.”