Donald Trump has no regrets. The former president capped off a day of criticism surrounding his racism-filled rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday by digging his heels in deeper, telling supporters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, that it was “greatest evening any one has ever seen politically.” The comments came shortly after Trump appeared at a roundtable in the state, marking his first comments on Puerto Rico since comedian and podcaster Tony Hinchcliffe said the U.
S. territory was a “ floating island of garbage ” while opening for the Trump at Madison Square Garden. ADVERTISEMENT “No president has done more for Puerto Rico than I have,” he told one supporter—a woman who said she moved from Puerto Rico—who had told the former president, “Puerto Rico stands behind you and Puerto Rico loves you.
” Trump added: “We helped you through a lot of bad storms, I tell you. We had some really bad ones,” before talking about the “hospital ship” which arrived two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck and faced a series of problems , including reports that suggested it admitted an average of six patients a day. On Tuesday night, Trump ramped up his rhetoric—with no apology in sight for the chorus line of campaign surrogates who hurled racist remarks and insults in speeches littered with threats to democracy and immigrants, legal or otherwise.
“The other day, Madison Square Garden—Sunday night—and we had them all. That was the greatest evening any one has e.