Robyn ‘Rihanna’ Fenty, Barbadian
singer and entrepreneur, has slammed Donald Trump, US president, describing him
as “the most mentally ill human being in America”.
The singer and actress launched
the scathing attack on Trump when she spoke with Vogue Magazine about her
music, business ventures, and politics.
The 31-year-old Grammy winner also
disclosed her fears when it comes to being an immigrant in America.
When asked to speak on the pair
of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that claimed the lives
of 32 people in August, Rihanna directed her displeasure at Trump for “being so
dismissive of mass shootings because they are so often carried out by white
men.”
“It is devastating. People are
being murdered by war weapons that they legally purchase. This is just not
normal. That should never, ever be normal,” said Rihanna.
“And the fact that it’s
classified as something different because of the colour of their skin? It’s a
slap in the face. It’s completely racist.”
“Put an Arab man with that same
weapon in that same Walmart and there is no way that Trump would sit there and address
it publicly as a mental health problem. The most mentally ill human being in
America right now seems to be the president.”
Today’s shooting in El Paso, Texas, was not only tragic, it was an act of cowardice. I know that I stand with everyone in this Country to condemn today’s hateful act. There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 4, 2019
He further added that “mental
illness and hatred pulls the trigger — not the gun.”
In the publication, Rihanna
admitted that she declined a Super Bowl halftime show opportunity out of
support for Colin Kaepernick.
“Absolutely. I couldn’t dare do
that. For what? Who gains from that? Not my people. I just couldn’t be a
sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler. There’s things within that organization that
I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them
in any way,” she said.
Rihanna also talked about her
upcoming album, which will be reggae-influenced.
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