Donald Trump isn't happy the NY bombing suspect is receiving 'amazing' medical care
During a speech in Florida on Monday, Donald Trump lamented the fact that the suspect in bombings across New Jersey and New York City over the weekend, captured this morning after a shootout with police, is receiving "amazing" medical attention and has the right to an "outstanding" lawyer.
Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, was taken into custody injured but alive in Linden, New Jersey. Trump said that while it was a good thing authorities "caught this evil thug," the "bad part now is we will give him amazing hospitalization." The crowd booed as Trump continued to tick off the services Rahami, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Afghanistan, will receive. "He will be taken care of by some of the best doctors in the world, he will be given a fully modern and updated hospital room, and he'll probably even have room service, knowing the way our country is," Trump said. "On top of all that, he will be represented by an outstanding lawyer."
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