Reggaeton star Nicky Jam on Wednesday revoked his endorsement of Donald Trump after a comedian called Puerto Rico "a floating island of garbage" at a Madison Square Garden rally for the former president. Nicky Jam, who is Puerto Rican, announced to his 42 million social media followers he was rescinding his endorsement. He had endorsed Trump during a campaign rally in Las Vegas in September.
"I never thought in my life that a month later a comedian would come along and criticize my country, speak poorly of my country, therefore I renounce any support for Donald Trump," he said in Spanish in an Instagram post . Why did Nicky Jam endorse Trump? In his Instagram video on Wednesday, Nicky Jam explained that he had endorsed Trump "because I thought that was the best for the economy in the U.S.
, where many Latinos live, including myself, where many immigrants are suffering because of the economy, and him being a businessman I thought that was the best move." His September endorsement came as part of a coordinated effort by the Trump campaign to connect with prominent Puerto Rican voices in the culture as a way to court a community that could prove decisive in November. Even if Trump proved unfamiliar with the artists the campaign was courting — "Do you know Nicky? She's hot!" Trump said at his rally before Nicky Jam came on stage — the artist joined the former president at the mic and told the crowd, "We need Donald Trump as president again.
" The endorsement sparked an immediat.
