Double gaffe: Trump met ‘president’ of US Virgin Islands day after Rick Perry called Puerto Rico a ‘country’
The Virgin Islands don’t have a president; they have a governor, Kenneth Mapp, with whom Trump met 10 days ago
US President Donald Trump has spoken about another US territory struck by hurricanes as if it’s a foreign country.
He said in a speech at the Values Voters Summit on Friday that he met with the “president” of the US Virgin Islands.
“I will tell you I left Texas and I left Florida and I left Louisiana and I went to Puerto Rico and I met with the President of the Virgin Islands,” he said.
“We are one nation and we all hurt together, we hope together and we heal together,” he said, later adding, “The Virgin Islands and the President of the Virgin Islands, these are people that are incredible people, they suffered gravely and we’re be there, we’re going to be there, we have really, it is not even a question of a choice.”
The Virgin Islands don’t have a president; they have a governor, Kenneth Mapp, with whom Trump met 10 days ago.