White House
Celebrates NBA Season With Controversial Vid
… Shooting Paper Towels In Puerto Rico
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President Trump‘s White House dug up an 8-year-old, uber-controversial video to commemorate the beginning of the NBA Season … posting a clip of POTUS infamously tossing paper towel rolls at folks in Puerto Rico.
The video got here from the official White House X account, with 2.9 followers, and confirmed a montage of Trump from his October 3, 2017, go to to Puerto Rico — when he threw the rolls into the packed crowd — set to Roundball Rock, NBC’s famed NBA theme music.
The publish was captioned, “President Trump knows ball.”
President Trump is aware of ball. pic.twitter.com/j0eAUUP4we
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 21, 2025
@WhiteHouse
Of course, the October 3, 2017, second was one of the memorable from Trump’s first presidency. He was in Puerto Rico to survey the injury after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island.
The loss of life toll varies extensively, however officers in P.R. estimate round 3,000 perished within the storm. There was an estimated $90 billion in property injury, too.
At the time, many individuals discovered the U.S. president’s actions to be out of line. San Juan’s mayor, Carmen YulÃn Cruz, described the scene as “insulting.”
The NBA season formally tipped off on Tuesday, and is just some hours outdated … they usually’ve already obtained themselves an issue involving the President of the United States.
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