Trevor Noah was confused by Donald Trump Jr.’s recent tweet comparing Syrian refugees to Skittles sweets. “That’s our Syrian refugee problem”, read the image.
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Early on Tuesday, the candy company offered up a classy response to Donald Trump Jr.’s insulting photo that compared Syrian refugees to a bowl of poisoned Skittles.
And this week, one of Trump’s sons triggered an online storm with a tweet comparing Syrian refugees to a bowl containing an assortment of tainted and untainted sweets.
– Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) September 20, 2016If I had a bowl of skittles and was told three of them could go to school, get educated and cure a disease, I’d absolutely take a handful. Jason Miller, the Trump campaign’s senior communications adviser, said: “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”.
We all know that comparing the two is like comparing apples to oranges, but it’s great news that Wrigley chose to stand up to Jr., and hopefully knocked some sense into him.
Wrigley Company, a division of Mars Inc, which makes Skittles, released the following statement. “We don’t feel it’s an appropriate analogy”, Young said.
“In 1974, when I was six years old, I was a refugee from the Turkish occupation of Cyprus so I would never approve the use of this image against refugees”.
FILE – In this July 19, 2016, file photo, Donald Trump Jr., son of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
But if you were placing a bet on which IL politician might leap to the defense of the younger Trump for his tasteless tweet, you’d probably back former IL congressman turned talk radio host Joe Walsh. “We respectfully refrain from further comment, as that would be misinterpreted as marketing”. The brash tycoon has spearked a wave of criticism over his comments on race, immigrants and refugees, including calling for a ban on Muslim travelers to the United States.
Still, the potential danger posed by Syrian refugees has been a central theme of the Trump campaign.
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Trevor Noah decides to use a Skittles reference of his own to explain some of the key shadiness about Trump’s campaign and business practices.
