Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump are facing a huge backlash for their Goya stunt earlier this week. They posted a photo of them holding the brand's products on their respective social media accounts.
For the First Daughter, she reportedly had a can of Goya black beans. In her tweet, she captioned it with the brand's slogan claiming that "it has to be good." Aside from tweeting the slogan in English, she also included the Spanish translation of the phrase.
On the U.S. President's post on Instagram, he did not include any caption. But, as he posed for a thumbs-up, over five Goya products were in front of him. Donald Trump, however, updated his Twitter and said that the brand is "doing great," according to BBC.
The Trumps' social media posts reportedly come after Goya expressed its support toward the incumbent US President. Reports noted, though, that this then "prompted" several calls for a boycott toward the brand.
Despite this, Trump shared in his post that people are "buying like crazy." The Radical Left's actions "backfired," he reasoned.
Following the controversial social media posts, several publications reported that Ivanka Trump's "comments" on her post may have violated "ethics rules" considering that she is an employee of the United States government. As pointed out, these rules reportedly prohibit the use of an employee's public office to endorse products before the public
While the First Daughter is now in the middle of the spotlight because of this, her father, Donald Trump is seemingly out of the equation since he did not place any caption on his photo.
In BBC's same report, it went on to share some of the comments made toward matter. A former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Walter Shaub, reportedly, released a series of posts on Twitter explaining that Ivanka's post on the same platform was a clear "violation" of the "misuse of position regulation." He also said that the posts have created the appearance that the government's endorsements are "for sale."
Aside from high profile personalities, several netizens also, reportedly, slammed Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump on the platform. But, amid the controversies, a spokeswoman from the White House "dismissed" the criticisms, according to The Washington Post.
As reported, the spokesperson, Carolina Hurley, defended that the First Daughter has the right to "express her personal opinion." She then reportedly went on to assert that it is only the media and the apparent "cancel culture movement" that would criticize her.
