“Is Donald Trump’s new campaign slogan “Fear The Rainbow”?” wrote Twitter user @AngrySalmond.
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Here’s the latest from through that looking glass.
Donald Trump Jr., a son of the Republican presidential nominee, took to Twitter on Monday to publish a graphic that likened Syrian refugees to Skittles. We can only imagine.
Avid photographer David Kittos, 48, who says he is a United Kingdom citizen, has since claimed he photographed the bowl of Skittles – and that he is a former refugee.
He added: “Speaking the truth might upset those who would rather be politically correct than safe, but the American people want a change, and only Donald Trump will do what’s needed to protect us”.
Skittles parent company, Wrigley Americas, distanced itself from the tweet with a terse response opposing Trump Jr.’s premise.
David Kittos, 48, who lives in Guildford, England, became a refugee in 1974 when he was 6-years-old from the Turkish occupation in Cyprus. “We respectfully refrain from further commentary as anything we say could be misinterpreted as marketing”.
Mr Trump Jr is the presidential candidate’s eldest son, the first child of his marriage to Ms Ivana Trump. Skittles responded with some class and the photographer behind the image revealed his status as an immigrant, which meant nothing to the Trump campaign since they made a decision to stand by the image.
He says the picture, posted on Flickr six years ago under an “all rights reserved” licence, was used without his permission.
Syria’s violent civil war has resulted in the death of over 400,000 people since it erupted in 2011 and so far the USA has taken in 10,000 Syrians who are fleeing the war-torn country.
Yesterday, Donald Trump Jr got in a whole heap of trouble for tweeting an image that compared refugees to poisonous Skittles. Last week, he was criticised for comparing the treatment his father has received from the media to a “gas chamber”.
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Jr.’s tweet suggests that just because there are plenty of peace-loving Muslims in America, there will always be one or two who have extremist ideas, which could lead to acts of terrorism. This is in addition to about 75,000 refugees from other parts of the world.
