Trump prolongs uproar over Puerto Rico slur by driving rubbish truck round in ‘total fail’ election stunt | EUROtoday

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Donald Trump obtained off his non-public airplane in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Wednesday night and, donning a vivid orange security vest, obtained right into a rubbish truck in an try to troll Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

With election day looming, each the Republican and Democratic candidates are hoping to leverage the racist feedback made in opposition to Puerto Rico at Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden on Sunday when a comic known as the US territory “a floating island of garbage.”

The truck was emblazoned with the Trump marketing campaign emblem and with the previous president leaning out of the window equally to his McDonald’s photo-op, he requested the press: “How do you like my garbage truck?”

He added that it was “in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden” and proceeded to say the president “should be ashamed of himself” and that “she should never have let it happen” referring to Biden’s verbal flub on Tuesday night time.

The president stumbled over his phrases whereas on a name inflicting a brouhaha over what was truly mentioned, with the Trump marketing campaign claiming he had known as their supporters rubbish and the White House saying that Biden had mentioned he was referring to the comic’s demonization of Latinos.

Trump’s rubbish truck stunt might need gone higher had he not spoken to reporters in regards to the comic, the remark, and Puerto Rico, whereas leaning from the car’s window, prolonging the scandal over the remarks.

“I don’t know anything about the comedian,” Trump instructed reporters. “I don’t know who he is. I’ve never seen him. I heard he made a statement, but it was a statement that he made. He’s a comedian, what can I tell you. I know nothing about him.”

Jake Rosen of CBS News requested the previous president if he owed Puerto Rico an apology, to which he replied: “I love Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico loves me.”

He continued: “Nobody’s done more for Puerto Rico than me. I took care of them when they had the two hurricanes. And nobody gets along better with Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican people than me. They love me and I love them.”

Sunday’s remarks brought on outrage all through the Puerto Rican group, with distinguished members endorsing Harris and condemning Trump. Reggaeton star Nicky Jam who had endorsed the previous president has rescinded his assist, saying: “Puerto Rico deserves respect.”

What was not misplaced on commentators was that Trump has lately additionally taken to describing the entire of the US because the “garbage can of the world” when speaking about immigration.

Former Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin ran via how she felt the Republican candidate’s outing went in a put up on X: “Is it an effective stunt? No. He’s assuming voters hear “garbage” & consider Biden’s gaffe.. however Trump marketing campaign’s Puerto Rico debacle is far deeper within the zeitgeist. A complete fail.”

She added: “Trump platforms offensive joke leading to days of outrage; Trump tries to clean it up on Fox; Biden steps in it, unintentionally gives Trump a lifeline; Trump’s genius campaign: ‘Let’s remind everyone we offended Puerto Ricans & called America garbage by driving a garbage truck!’”

Tommy Vietor, a former staffer for Barack Obama, known as out Trump marketing campaign supervisor Chris LaCivita immediately saying it was a “genius plan” to maintain “the Puerto Rican joke controversy in the news for another day”.

Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of MeidasTouch.comwas equally impressed, recalling when the previous president infamously threw paper towels to hurricane survivors within the US territory: “The plan for the day for the Trump campaign was to have Trump talk about the Puerto Rico controversy from a garbage truck? Because that’s what happened. Nice optics. All we are missing is the paper towels.”

Harris spokesperson Sarafina Chitika posted: “The candidate who called America a ‘trash can’; Whose rally called Puerto Rico ‘garbage’; Is riding around in a garbage truck for fun. Is this an in-kind donation to @KamalaHQ?”

The stunt additionally raised questions on Trump’s well being given he nonetheless hasn’t launched any medical report with lower than per week to go earlier than the election.

Video footage of the previous president approaching the truck reveals him failing to grip the door deal with twice and stumbling barely earlier than pulling himself up towards the car.

In an odd transfer the identical clip was utilized by Sean Hannity on his Fox News present, when he known as the second “epic,” and by the community’s social media accounts.

Over on MSNBC, host Alex Wagner described the entire episode as her five-year-old’s dream: “What happens when you get old and you’re a guy? You get to do that all day — drive the garbage truck around.”

Perhaps that’s Trump’s dream. Early in his presidency, he was photographed having a good time sitting within the driver’s seat of a semi-truck outdoors the White House at an occasion for truckers and CEOs.

Several months later he was once more pictured in a truck on the White House, this time a hearth truck manufactured by Wisconsin-based Pierce, for a Made in America occasion.

The newest stunt wasn’t over when Trump obtained out of the truck. He wore the neon orange security vest all through his rally in Green Bay.

Menswear skilled Derek Guy tweeted: “I recommend not wearing vests in the same color as your face.”