--- title: Ricky Martin: Donald Trump 'Makes My Blood Boil' description: The Jorge Ramos incident sparked the singer's op-ed canonical: https://time.com/4014702/ricky-martin-donald-trump/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-28T15:14:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:31:42.298Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Ricky Martin Says Donald Trump 'Makes My Blood Boil' og:description: The Jorge Ramos incident sparked the singer's op-ed og:url: https://time.com/4014702/ricky-martin-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72d79715b650392b/69886162ab6d7715f46a5f1a/ricky-martin.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Voice Top Four Pop Up Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ricky Martin Says Donald Trump 'Makes My Blood Boil' twitter:description: The Jorge Ramos incident sparked the singer's op-ed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72d79715b650392b/69886162ab6d7715f46a5f1a/ricky-martin.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ricky Martin Says Donald Trump 'Makes My Blood Boil' by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 28, 2015 3:14 PM CUT  Ricky Martin during The Voice top four live pop up show at Museum of Sydney on August 27, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. Ricky Martin during The Voice top four live pop up show at Museum of Sydney on August 27, 2015 in Sydney, Australia.Mark Sullivan—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 28, 2015 3:14 PM CUT Ricky Martin has written an[ op-ed ](http://noticias.univision.com/article/2443326/2015-08-26/impresiones/ricky-martin-no-mas-agresiones-a-los-latinos "undefined")disparaging Donald Trump’s remarks about Latinos, saying that the presidential candidate’s attitude toward the community “makes my blood boil.” The Latin singer apparently saw Trump’s [kerfuffle with Univision journalist Jorge Ramos ](http://time.com/4014001/donald-trump-jorge-ramos-immigration/ "undefined")as the last straw. “Jorge Ramos was doing HIS JOB as a journalist at a press conference in which he appeared freely and democratically, representing one of the most important Latin television networks in the world,” Martin wrote. “But this new character in American politics verbally attacks him and ejects him from the press conference.” Trump has said that Ramos [was “totally out of line”](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/donald-trump-says-anchor-jorge-ramos-was-totally-absolutely-out-n416011 "undefined") at the press conference in question, and that Ramos should have waited his turn to be called on to ask a question, while Ramos [told TIME ](http://time.com/4014001/donald-trump-jorge-ramos-immigration/ "undefined")that he was just trying to make Trump answer some tough questions on his immigration proposals. In the op-ed for Univision ([translated](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6677674/ricky-martin-donald-trump-op-ed-univision?mobile%5Fredirection=false "undefined") from the original Spanish to English on Billboard), Martin called on the Latino community to hold Trump accountable for his “racist, absurd, and above all incoherent and ignorant” comments. “Xenophobia as a political strategy is the lowest you can go in search of political power,” he wrote. \[[_Univision_](http://noticias.univision.com/article/2443326/2015-08-26/impresiones/ricky-martin-no-mas-agresiones-a-los-latinos "undefined")_,_ [_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6677674/ricky-martin-donald-trump-op-ed-univision?mobile%5Fredirection=false "undefined")\] **Read Next**: [_Univision’s Jorge Ramos: Reporters Need to Get Tougher on Donald Trump_](http://time.com/4014001/donald-trump-jorge-ramos-immigration/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4014702/ricky-martin-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4014702/ricky-martin-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Ricky Martin Says Donald Trump 'Makes My Blood Boil'","datePublished":"2015-08-28T15:14:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:31:42.298Z","description":"The Jorge Ramos incident sparked the singer's op-ed","url":"https://time.com/4014702/ricky-martin-donald-trump/","keywords":["celebrities","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72d79715b650392b/69886162ab6d7715f46a5f1a/ricky-martin.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72d79715b650392b/69886162ab6d7715f46a5f1a/ricky-martin.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Voice Top Four Pop Up Show","caption":"The Voice Top Four Pop Up Show","creditText":"Mark Sullivan—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4014702/ricky-martin-donald-trump/","name":"Ricky Martin Says Donald Trump 'Makes My Blood Boil'"}}]}] ```