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jpak

(41,759 posts)
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 12:14 PM Sep 2018

Trump is reportedly upset about old video footage showing him throwing rolls of paper towels at firs

Trump is reportedly upset about old video footage showing him throwing rolls of paper towels at first-responders in Puerto Rico

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-angry-at-paper-towel-throw-footage-hurricanes-florence-maria-2018-9

As Hurricane Florence continued its destructive path in North and South Carolina on Friday, President Donald Trump has reportedly been fixated on unflattering news reports about his response to Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico in September 2017.

Trump has particularly been irritated by video footage of him throwing rolls of paper towels to a crowd of relief workers on the island, according to a Washington Post report published Thursday. Trump had characterized his gestures as good-natured, but the footage prompted accusations that Trump lacks empathy.

"They had these beautiful, soft towels. Very good towels," Trump said during an interview with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in October. "And I came in and there was a crowd of a lot of people. And they were screaming and they were loving everything. I was having fun, they were having fun. They said, 'Throw 'em to me! Throw 'em to me Mr. President!'"

"The next day they said, 'Oh, it was so disrespectful to the people,'" he added. "It was just a made-up thing."

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Trump is reportedly upset about old video footage showing him throwing rolls of paper towels at firs (Original Post) jpak Sep 2018 OP
For the sake of argument, pretend that Trump didn't throw the towels to be disrespectful . . . . no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 #1
My thoughts exactly, no_hypocrisy Ohiogal Sep 2018 #6
:) More beyond him for sure. Hortensis Sep 2018 #9
Its all about him, always is. BeckyDem Sep 2018 #2
Never thought there would be a day. ..... CatMor Sep 2018 #3
Let's get it trending # on Twitter.. HipChick Sep 2018 #4
Because hurricane aftermath and response should be FUN! n/t Liberal In Texas Sep 2018 #5
Shame on the lying media showing video of him doing what he actually did. Girard442 Sep 2018 #7
Boo Hoo Gothmog Sep 2018 #8
Fuck that piece of shit Blue Owl Sep 2018 #10

no_hypocrisy

(46,191 posts)
1. For the sake of argument, pretend that Trump didn't throw the towels to be disrespectful . . . .
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 12:20 PM
Sep 2018

(I know, I know, I know . . . . )

For someone like Trump to claim he's so media savvy, how he couldn't have figured out the optics of throwing paper towels in a situation concerning destruction, floods, mayhem, injury, and death is beyond me.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. :) More beyond him for sure.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 01:43 PM
Sep 2018

He frequently stumbles badly, and this is really typical.

I'm sure the "how he couldn't have figured out" is that he can't. He doesn't think and react as more normal people do. He's had a lifetime of doing normal, like all of us, and has become very good at it for most situations. But the presidency puts him in a lot of different ones, with special standards and expectations of behavior that he really doesn't get.

Like this one. He certainly already knew perfectly well that he had to hide his contempt and callous disregard for low people and undoubtedly thought he was.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
2. Its all about him, always is.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 12:22 PM
Sep 2018

Wish we had a law to arrest him for disturbing the peace. He does it every damn day, pathological liar.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
3. Never thought there would be a day. .....
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 12:23 PM
Sep 2018

a president would be throwing paper towels to hurricane responders and then talking about it later as just having some fun. Please let it be over soon.

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