"Privileged white man comes to save the brown peasants after they've been begging, thirsty & hungry"

[kpete]

It was vintage Trump — informal, freewheeling, self-centred, detached from facts, wholly unlike the behaviour of any other modern president.

His supporters applauded again, pointing to his authenticity and moments of empathy. Puerto Ricans already upset with him before he landed were infuriated.

“He takes two weeks to visit a disaster zone where 3.5 million American citizens live. He arrives with a smile on his face, makes fun of the situation, shows no empathy, lies and lies on camera as he does 24-7. And then throws paper towel rolls to people in need as if he was playing Go Fetch with dogs,” said Joel Isaac, 27, a New York actor who moved from Puerto Rico three years ago.

Most of Isaac’s family is still on the island. He said he had never felt humiliated as a Puerto Rican until he watched Trump’s visit.

“It’s the whole scene where the privileged white man comes to save the brown peasants after they’ve been begging, thirsty and hungry. It’s super disgusting to see, honestly,” he said.

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“Does he think this is a show? A game? The first reaction that I had: why is he throwing things to Puerto Ricans like we’re animals?” said Frances Alvarado, 55, a Puerto Rican in North Carolina whose husband has spent three decades in the navy. Of Trump’s performance as a whole, she said, “It’s shameful. It’s degrading. It’s insulting.”

MORE:
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/10/03/in-bizarre-visit-donald-trump-compares-puerto-rico-to-a-real-catastrophe-like-katrina-and-congratulates-himself-analysis.html

[mopinko]

1. he prolly thought he was there to decide who got voted off the island.

[hamsterjill]

2. It was a disgusting show of privilege.

It made me angry, and it made me cry. Mostly, it made me hate this monster more than I already did.