Trump distanced himself from a comedian whose joke disparaging Puerto Rico set off a firestorm, but he did not denounce the remark referring to the territory as a “floating island of garbage.”“I don’t know anything about the comedian,” Trump told reporters in Green Bay, Wisconsin. “I don’t know who he is. I’ve never seen him. I heard he made a statement, but it was a statement that he made. He’s a comedian, what can I tell you. I know nothing about him.
”Trump made the comment while seated in the passenger seat of a garbage truck, hoping to draw attention to Biden’s comment that seemed to compare Trump supporters to “garbage.” “I love Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico loves me,” Trump said. “Nobody’s done more for Puerto Rico than me,” he added. “I took care of them when they had the two hurricanes. And nobody gets along better with Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican people than me. They love me and I love them.”
Trump got off his plane in Green Bay, Wisconsin and got into a white garbage truck decked out with American flags and his campaign logo.
He took questions while seated in the passenger seat of the truck, wearing a neon orange safety vest over his white dress shirt and red tie, evoking his recent McDonald’s photo opportunity. “How do you like my garbage truck?” Trump said, adding it’s “in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden.”
AMN | Anochie’s Report | Jonathan Cooper, AP.