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Rihanna calls out Trump for Puerto Rico response

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RIHANNA is schooling President Donald Trump on his duty to provide more assistance to the people of Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

“Dear @RealDonald­Trump, I know you’ve probably already seen this, but I want to make sure!” she tweeted on Thursday morning, adding an image of a New York Daily News cover calling for POTUS’ help. “Don’t let your people die like this,” the pop star concluded.

A few hours later, the “Wild Thoughts” singer retweeted CNN. The tweet read: “5 living former US Presidents expand their hurricane relief effort to include Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.” Quoting her own song, “Take a Bow,” Rihanna added, “Round of APPLAUSE to these gentlemen for taking control of this devastatin­g situation!!! # CaribbeanG­irl# OneLove.”

After Trump’s news conference on Maria, Rihanna, who hails from Barbados, fl agged a few tweets about the natural disaster for Trump, just in case he missed them: a CBS tweet featuring a video clip of an interview with the mayor of San Juan, and an Instagram video of a nurse giving an update on the lack of necessary supplies, including criticisin­g the United States for holding shipments.

Rihanna has publicly criticised Trump before, tweeting her distaste for his refugee ban. She wrote on Jan 28, “Disgusted! The news is devastatin­g! America is being ruined right before our eyes! What an immoral pig you have to be to implement such BS!!”

Despite the fact that she couldn’t vote in the presidenti­al election, Rihanna made it clear whom she supported. In October she stepped out in a Tshirt bearing Hillary Clinton’s face. Later, in a meta fashion moment, the singer sported a T- shirt that pictured a photo of herself wearing the Clinton shirt. — WP-Bloomberg

 ??  ?? Rihanna attends the 59th Grammy Awards in February in Los Angeles, California. — AFP file photo
Rihanna attends the 59th Grammy Awards in February in Los Angeles, California. — AFP file photo

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