The Guardians livedækning af Donald Trumps besøg i Puerto Rico, der blev ødelagt af orkanen Maria, nærmer sig en slags 80'er-meta pomo (post-modernistisk) kejser-caligula-prosa;
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On Puerto Rico, the president is continuing to meet with residents and local officials and relief workers.
At one location, toured the Cavalry Chapel, in south-east San Juan, he started tossing some supply items into the crowd, according to the White House pool report.
Shaking hands with people in the crowd, the report reads, “picked up a can of tinned chicken breast and held it aloft for the crowd to see.”
“He handed one man in the crowd a pack of batteries.”
Then, as his wife followed him: “he held up a flashlight and showed it to the crowd, shaking hands the whole time.”
“Trump kept picking up items from tables laden with supplies, showing them to the crowd and handing them to people with outstretched hands. ‘There’s a lot of love in this room,’ the president said. ‘Great people.’”
The president “moved to a pile of yellow bags containing rice and handed them to whoever was nearest. He tossed rolls of paper towels into the crowd. Two were caught but one fell onto the carpet. The first lady was handing out small boxed solar panels.”
According to the pooler, chief of staff John Kelly “conferred in quiet tones” with the director of FEMA, Brock Long.'
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