TRUMP JR. LIKENS REFUGEES TO POISONED SKITTLES

Donald Trump Jr. has posted a message on Twitter likening Syrian refugees to a bowl of poisoned Skittles.

Seeking to promote his father’s presidential campaign, the younger Trump posted a tweet featuring a bowl of the candy with a warning. “If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful?” said the tweet. “That’s our Syrian refugee problem,” said the post, which drew a backlash of criticism. “This image says it all.”

Parent company Wrigley Americas distanced itself with a terse response. “Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don’t feel it’s an appropriate analogy,” vice-president of corporate affairs Denise Young said in the statement.