President of the United States Donald Trump and his phone, in June 2020. - Sipa USA / SIPA

One more controversy in the Trump basket. The President of the United States and his daughter Ivanka have set foot in the dish, relaunching a political controversy around the food brand Goya, particularly popular with the Latin American community.

The case started a week ago. Invited to the White House, Robert Unanue, boss of this company, said that the United States was "really blessed" to have "a leader like Donald Trump, who is a builder."

Calls to boycott the brand immediately followed on social media, but the boss refused to apologize and judged on conservative Fox News that the #BoycottGoya campaign was an attempt to attack his "freedom of expression" .

Ivanka relaunches a tweet

Ivanka Trump, the daughter and adviser of the American president, rekindled the controversy Tuesday evening by posting on Twitter a photo of her presenting a box of black beans, accompanied by a slogan in English and Spanish: "If it's Goya, it’s good. ”

If it's Goya, it has to be good.
Si es Goya, tiene que ser bueno. pic.twitter.com/9tjVrfmo9z

- Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) July 15, 2020

The poster-like photo has been widely mocked and hijacked online, while Ivanka Trump is accused of breaking the ethical rules prohibiting federal employees from promoting products, services or businesses .

Donald adds a grain of salt

Donald Trump also went there from his photo by posting a snapshot on Instagram on Wednesday showing him in the Oval Office, all smiles and thumbs up behind a series of Goya products, ranging from cans to packages of cakes.

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A post shared by President Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) on Jul 15, 2020 at 11:02 am PDT

Earlier in the day he assured in a tweet that Goya's business was doing well.

. @ GoyaFoods is doing GREAT. The Radical Left smear machine backfired, people are buying like crazy!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2020

“The campaign to smear the radical left has backfired, people are buying in droves! ", He assured. It's in the box.

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