Nicky Jam withdraws support for Trump

Reggaeton singer Nicky Jam has pulled his support for former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign after a comedian at one of his rallies called Puerto Rico "garbage."

In a post to Instagram, Jam issued a video to his 43.5 million followers in Spanish.

“The reason I supported Donald Trump is because I believed it was what’s best for the economy in the United States, where a lot of Latinos live, a lot of immigrants that are suffering over the state of the economy,” Jam said while speaking in his Maybach. “With (Trump) being a businessman, I felt it was the right move.”

Jam, born Nick Rivera Caminero, famously supported Trump during a rally last month in Las Vegas while donning a Make America Great Again hat.

The endorsement caused Mexican pop band Maná to pull their collaboration with Jam.

“Never in my life did I think, that one month later there would be a comedian who would criticize my country and speak poorly of my country,” he continued in his post on Wednesday. “And for that I withdraw my support of Donald Trump. Puerto Rico should be respected.”

Jam is referring to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe who made insulting remarks about Puerto Rico.

“I don’t know if you guys know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico,” he said before making racial remarks about Latinos, Jewish and Black people.

The "Hasta el Amanecer" singer is the latest Puerto Rican celebrity to slam the comments. Ricky Martin, Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Aubrey Plaza, Sunny Hostin and Luis Fonsi have all come forward to blast the Trump campaign.

Hinchcliffe took to X, formerly Twitter, to respond to the backlash.

“These people have no sense of humor,” he said. “Wild that a vice presidential candidate would take time out of his ‘busy schedule’ to analyze a joke taken out of context to make it seem racist. I love Puerto Rico and vacation there.”

In the meantime, Trump's campaign has distanced himself from the comedian.

“This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign,” senior adviser Danielle Alvarez said in a statement.