Kim Kardashian tells Trump: 'Stop tweeting and golfing while people in Puerto Rico are dying'
Kim Kardashian joined the chorus of people criticising Donald Trump for attacking the mayor of San Juan, slamming the President for “golfing while people in Puerto Rico are dying”.
After Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz made an affecting plea for more aid and said her people were “dying” in part because of “the inefficiency and the bureaucracy” in the Trump administration’s hurricane response, Mr Trump fired back at Ms Cruz. He wrote that she showed “poor leadership” and blamed her for failing to get “workers to help”.
After deleting his initial tweet fusillade, Mr Trump returned to the subject by again criticising Ms Cruz and deriding “fake news”.
The fact that Mr Trump was writing from his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club - where he often spends his weekends - was not lost on Ms Kardashian.
They don’t have power to watch the news!!! Please stop tweeting & golfing while people are dying! Please step up & help! https://t.co/AP8PnapWaO
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) September 30, 2017
Many Twitter users juxtaposed Mr Trump’s location with an image of Ms Cruz wading through deep water.
Dear @realDonaldTrump,
While you tweet from your golf club, the Mayor of San Juan is saving lives. You've done NOTHING.
Sincerely,
America pic.twitter.com/4c2aBjtXl7— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) September 30, 2017
Democratic lawmakers also rallied behind Ms Cruz, saying the President owed her an apology. Lin Manuel-Miranda, the creator and star of the hit play “Hamilton”, also assailed Mr Trump in a widely shared series of tweets. Mr Manuel-Miranda, who has family in Puerto Rico, said Mr Trump was going "straight to hell".
You're going straight to hell, @realDonaldTrump.
No long lines for you.
Someone will say, "Right this way, sir."
They'll clear a path. https://t.co/xXfJH0KJmw— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) September 30, 2017
She has been working 24/7.
You have been GOLFING.
You're going straight to hell.
Fastest golf cart you ever took. https://t.co/5hOY23MBvQ— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) September 30, 2017
Battered in quick succession by hurricanes Irma and Maria, Puerto Rico is largely without electricity and faces shortages of food, water and medicine.