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TRUMP Signs Autographs at FEMA Briefing in Hurricane-Battered Louisiana and Jokes That First Responders Could Sell Them for $10,000 Each on eBay
Donald Trump signed autographs and joked they could sell for $10,000 each on eBay during a press conference on Saturday
Trump held a conference in Lake Charles, Louisiana to speak following Hurricane Laura, which hit on 27 August as a Category 4. Sixteen people died in 150mph winds during WORST storm in 164 years
'Who’s going to get this one? Sell it tonight on eBay. $10,000,' Trump said as he signed and passed out his autographs to local leaders
The move was slammed as insensitive as 16 people have been killed by the hurricane and thousands are left without homes, power and water in the state
On eBay Trump's autographs sell for as low as $5
Daily Mail UK, 31 AUG 2020.
'Come here fellas, get over here, I want a little power,' he Trump joked as he signed autographs...
Trump signed a piece of paper and handed it to an official saying, 'You can sell this tonight on eBay. Who’s going to get this one? Sell it tonight on eBay. $10,000'
President Donald Trump signed autographs and joked they could sell for $10,000 each on eBay during a press conference held to discuss the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Laura.
At the end of a press conference with FEMA officials in Lake Charles, Louisiana on Saturday, Trump signed autographs for city officials and first responders.
'Come here fellas, get over here, I want a little power,' he joked, asking for pens to sign autographs.
Trump signed a piece of paper and handed it to an official saying,
'You can sell this tonight on eBay. Who’s going to get this one? Sell it tonight on eBay. $10,000.'
He then signed an autograph for a first responder saying,
'If I put your name down it loses a lot of value, so sell it tonight on eBay!'
But the president’s comments were unsettling to many people, especially as Louisiana and Texas are reeling from the blow of the Category 4 hurricane that killed 16.
Laura hit Louisiana on August 27 with winds as high as 150 mph and over nine feet storm surges in some places, leaving hundreds of thousands without water.
More than 400,000 homes and buildings were still without power in Louisiana as of Saturday morning.
The storm is estimated to have caused anywhere from $4 billion to $12 billion in damages to Louisiana and Texas, according to NPR.
'Trump uses his appearance in Hurricane pummeled LA to give out autographs and tells people to "sell them on eBay for $10,000".
No empathy. No class,' one Twitter user slammed.
This isn’t the first time Trump’s come under fire for bragging about the value of his autograph.
January he told eBay’s interim CEO that even 'senators and congressmen' put his autograph up for sale.
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