Trump meeting: Puerto Rico compared to a garbage island
At Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden, one of the stars invited by the president compared Puerto Rico to a floating island of garbage.
Puerto Rico, off the coast of Florida, is a Caribbean island militarily protected by the United States. That didn't stop it from being the target of filthy insults at Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday, October 27. One of the evening's "distinguished" guests, as a preamble to the diatribe of former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump, got off the rails. A comedian, Tony Hinchcliffe, thought it was a good idea to make this comparison: "There's literally a floating island full of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it's called Puerto Rico." Among the personalities on the podium, there was also wrestler Hulk Hogan.
The Devil
According to journalist Maurin Picard, a US correspondent present at the meeting, other intriguing sentences and speeches were delivered in this legendary place, but also one with a strong historical meaning. Beyond the concerts and basketball and ice hockey games, this room hosted a large gathering of American Nazis in 1939! Holding such a political meeting there is rather astonishing. Especially since the words were sulphurous, in the presence of Melania Trump. Donald Trump didn't fail to speak of an "occupied country", "savage gangs" and a supposed "enemy within". His opponent in the elections, Kamala Harris, was even compared to the devil and the antichrist by David Rem, a childhood friend of the former president. All that was missing were the torches.
(MH with Olivier Duquesne – Source: Le Soir / Maurin Picard – Picture: © picture alliance / newscom | John Angelillo)