Throws paper towels to Puerto Rico hurricane victims 'like he's shooting basketballs' at relief event

During a visit to Calvary Chapel in San Juan two weeks after Hurricane Maria, Trump tossed rolls of paper towels into a crowd of hurricane survivors like he was shooting basketballs. The tone-deaf stunt went viral and was widely condemned as disrespectful to people whose lives had been devastated. At the time, 95% of Puerto Rico was still without power and only 47% had access to potable water. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz called it 'terrible and abominable' and said it 'does not embody the spirit of the American nation.' The incident epitomized Trump's callous response to Puerto Rico's crisis, which he treated as a photo op rather than a humanitarian disaster. The death toll would later be revised to nearly 3,000.

"There's a lot of love in this room." — While tossing paper towels to hurricane victims at Calvary Chapel, October 3, 2017