Trump throwing paper towels at a crowd in Puerto Rico is his strangest attempt at hurricane relief yet
President Trump lobbed paper towels into a crowd at a church in Puerto Rico Tuesday where he was meeting with Hurricane Maria survivors.
Photos and pool reports documented his visit at the Calvary Chapel in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, at an event for those impacted by the destructive hurricane last month. Trump was handing out supplies as part of a one-day visit to the island to survey hurricane damage.
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The weird moment where he took a basketball stance and threw the rolls into the crowd had a lot of viewers at home scratching their heads.
trump throwing rolls of paper towels into the crowd at chapel. “A lot of love in this room,” he says pic.twitter.com/Q2wDEsYWfQ
— Justin Sink (@justinsink) October 3, 2017
THIS ISN'T A GIVEAWAY YOU'RE NOT OPRAH THESE ARE ESSENTIAL ITEMS THESE PEOPLE NEED TO SURVIVE https://t.co/dTSReZykwe
— marcos j. pumpkins🎃 (@unclesahm) October 3, 2017
The president is throwing paper towel rolls into the crowd in Puerto Rico like a t-shirt cannon at a sporting event. 2017, man.
— Katie Leach (@KatieMLeach) October 3, 2017
This is the day Trump threw paper towel rolls at natural disaster victims https://t.co/90nRGB9TW2
— ystriya (@ystriya) October 3, 2017
The White House pool report interjected its own commentary about Trump impersonating Golden State Warrior basketball star (and man who will not be visiting the White House) Steph Curry.
What. The hell. Is Trump doing. In Puerto Rico.
(via pool) pic.twitter.com/TvveWb7o6o— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) October 3, 2017
Visiting a Puerto Rico church, Trump threw rolls of paper towels into the crowd like he was taking basketball jump shots, per @justinsink pic.twitter.com/SnXtStfp9M
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) October 3, 2017
Earlier Tuesday, Trump gave a briefing where he said a bunch of inappropriate things like comparing the death count from Hurricane Maria to Hurricane Katrina and indicating Puerto Rico's wasn't a "real catastrophe." He also appeared to deried he devastated island for throwing off the budget in a strange attempt at a joke.
Trump in Puerto Rico
—Diminished storm’s impact
—Taunted island’s bankruptcy
—Ignored San Juan mayor
—Basketball shot paper towels to crowd— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) October 3, 2017
Trump did manage to hand out some supplies like a normal person: simply by passing things along to people struck hard by a devastating natural disaster.
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
But then he reportedly told survivors to "have a good time," so. We'll call it a wash.
Talking to a family of storm victims in Puerto Rico, Trump said: "We're going to help you out. Have a good time."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 3, 2017
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