Trump says he was "having fun" in Puerto Rico

[groundloop]

Source: CBS News

As the island nation of Puerto Rico continues to grapple with the devastation left by Hurricane Maria, President Trump said he was "having fun" during his day-long visit to survey damage and meet with local officials on the ground.

In a wide-ranging interview with Mike Huckabee that aired Saturday on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, Mr. Trump recalled throwing paper towels and other goods into a crowd of citizens in need of supplies.

"I mean, one example, they had these beautiful soft towels, very good towels, and I came in and there was a crowd of a lot of people and they were screaming and they were loving everything."

He added, "I was having fun, they were having fun, they said 'throw them to me, throw them to me, Mr. President,' and so I'm doing some of them, so the next day they said, 'oh it was so disrespectful to the people.' It was just a made-up thing and also when they had, when I walked in the cheering was incredible."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-he-was-having-fun-in-puerto-rico/

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Not the Onion.

[Irish_Dem]

3. I can no longer tell the difference between fact and satire.

Totally unbelievable.

[Alice11111]

11. I said that earlier as I sent the NYT article about EPA regs

To a friend. There are administrative procedures to follow...yet hes just rolling back Obama regs. WTF

[Irish_Dem]

16. Pretty soon people will have to put NTO (not the onion) in the headlines.

Would save us from having to look at the source to determine what we are reading.

Well if the news article has anything to do with Trump eradicating Obama, you know it's fact.

[Alice11111]

19. NTO...would save us the time of a 2nd look at the source

[oberliner]

2. "Very good towels"

This is real.

[Alice11111]

13. Absolutely disgusting. This is the US now. I wish he had

Fallen into some of the dangerous water in PR.
Shameless & Evil

[Irish_Dem]

20. Yes, very strange. Did he stay in a hotel when in PR? Where were these towels that

he is obsessing about?

[oberliner]

22. They were paper towels

Being distributed - he tossed some into the crowd.

[Irish_Dem]

24. Thanks. Sometimes I cannot understand what the hell he is talking about, need translation.

I knew he was throwing paper towels out to the crowd.
But paper towels are not soft and beautiful, so I got confused.

[madamesilverspurs]

4. He clearly misunderstood the crowd.

They were shouting, "Throw in the towel! Throw in the towel!"

Just like the rest of us have been shouting . . .


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[edbermac]

5. They had no drinking water, no food, no housing, no electricity.

But they had fun! And paper towels!

[George II]

6. So much fun that he decided to reinstate the Jones act so he can see more despair and "fun".

[Alice11111]

14. Evil. Evil. Evil. Sadistic

[Irish_Dem]

7. Hedonistic, self-centered.

Beautiful soft towels, cheering crowds, having lots of fun.

This is how he sees a visit to the site of a human tragedy, loss and suffering.

[smirkymonkey]

25. He is such a sick fuck.

I don't know why it shocks me every time I hear him say things like this, but it does.

[world wide wally]

8. He was just playing, mommy

[janterry]

9. The real test is whether we continue to monitor the situation

and PR remains in the news. Even folks in PR who like trump (there must be a few?)
will tire of this crap when the lights stay off for months.
This crisis, for them, is NOT going away.

I wonder if it will go away for us, here on the mainland. If it does, trumpster and his accomplices win.

[Alice11111]

15. Hopefully, most will move to Florida & vote.

[Xipe Totec]

10. Trump is what happens when the cylon slime bath is not set to the proper temperature. nt

[Achilleaze]

12. republican a-holery reaching new depths

the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief can go pound his "fun" paper towels up his flabby "two scoops" kiester.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. Makes one wonder if he had that crowd flown in. n/t

[truthisfreedom]

18. Psychopath.

[rurallib]

21. fun for Republicans is humiliating a person or group when they need help

so yeah I believe him when he says he was having fun.

Taking away safety nets and other such programs is a real rib tickler for Republicans, too.
Watch them laugh when they shred Medicare and Medicaid soon.
Finally sitting on a huge pile of money gives them great joy, especially when that money will never help a poor person.

[MyOwnPeace]

27. Rural,

you have broken the code - you are seeing through them, the pond-sucking scum that they are.
And the sad thing is - too many people in these United States don't care.

I ache for what we've become.....................

[Denzil_DC]

23. Presidentin's boring.

It's great when a calamity comes along. Gets me out of the White House and I get to be on TV.

[dhill926]

26. just fuck this asshole.....

[Turbineguy]

28. For most of us who get up in the morning,

we don't start with "Now let's see, what can I fuck up today?"

[procon]

29. I cringed when I heard him say that.

How can any human being be that out of touch? Trump has some serious mental issues and he should not be in the White House.

[secondwind]

30. Is that English?!!?

[7962]

31. Just having a little fun! What an assssssssssss nt

[Dave Starsky]

32. We all heard him say this on Saturday.

It was thoroughly disgusting then. Why is this news now?

[bettyellen]

33. He claims people asked to have the towels thrown at them? Fucking asshole

[SummerSnow]

34. In his world, the suffering of people is fun

[greatauntoftriplets]

35. Well, some things are important!

[Tatiana]

36. "They had these beautiful soft towels, very good towels...."

What the F*&^!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????

You just know every word out of his mouth is a lie. He's bald-faced lying on the so-called "Church Channel."

But his minions just eat it up and believe every word he says.

Someone wake me up when this nightmare is over.

[markpkessinger]

37. I can't decide which is more appalling . . .

. . . Trump's comments, or the fact that a major U.S. network refers to Puerto Rico as an "island nation!"

[tavernier]

38. ...and then they lifted me up on their shoulders,

and the women were crying and little children were singing praises to me.

Sad part is, I think he believes it.

[Bayard]

39. Fun

Yeah, Puerto Rico is such a fun place these days.