--- title: Rihanna Calls Out Donald Trump With Mass Shootings Tweet description: Rihanna called out Donald Trump on Twitter and Instagram, following a fatal mass shooting at an El Paso shopping center. canonical: https://time.com/5644171/rihanna-donald-trump-tweet-mass-shooting/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-08-05T17:15:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:48.394Z og:title: Rihanna Calls Out Donald Trump's Response to Mass Shootings og:description: This isn't the first time og:url: https://time.com/5644171/rihanna-donald-trump-tweet-mass-shooting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f2ea18a3c1dc36a/698a00ec656a3f7f01bd8b19/rihanna-donald-trump-tweet-gun-control.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: US-ENTERTAINMENT-BET-AWARDS-SHOW og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna Calls Out Donald Trump's Response to Mass Shootings twitter:description: This isn't the first time twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f2ea18a3c1dc36a/698a00ec656a3f7f01bd8b19/rihanna-donald-trump-tweet-gun-control.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rihanna Criticizes Trump's Response to Mass Shootings > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jean-Baptiste LACROIX / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP/Getty Images) Rihanna appears onstage during the 2019 BET awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California on June 23, 2019\. (Photo by Jean-Baptiste LACROIX / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP/Getty Images) JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 5, 2019 5:15 PM UTC [Rihanna](https://time.com/5026366/rihanna-fenty-beauty-best-inventions-2017/) criticized [Donald Trump’s reaction to back-to-back mass shootings in less than a day](https://time.com/5643570/trump-shootings-reaction-el-paso-dayton/) via her social media accounts on Sunday. The singer and entrepreneur posted a screenshot of Trump’s tweet following the El Paso shooting, calling out Trump in her caption for [not recognizing the incident and other recent deadly shootings like it, as terrorist attacks.](https://time.com/5438481/terrorism-social-media/) “Um…Donald, you spelt ‘terrorism’ wrong!” she wrote. “Your country had 2 terrorist attacks back to back, hours apart leaving almost 30 innocent people dead. This, just days after yet another terrorist attack in California, where a terrorist was able to LEGALLY purchase an assault rifle (AK-47) in Vegas, then drive hours to a food festival in Cali leaving 6 more people dead including a young infant baby boy! Imagine a world where it’s easier to get an AK-47 than a VISA! Imagine a world where they build a wall to keep terrorists IN AMERICA!!! My prayers and deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all the victims and the communities affected and traumatized, from Texas, California, and Ohio! I’m so sorry for your loss! Nobody deserves to die like this! NOBODY!” This isn’t the first time that Rihanna has condemned the president’s actions; she previously [protested Trump’s immigration travel ban](https://time.com/4653793/rihanna-donald-trump-immigration/) and reportedly [sent him a cease-and-desist letter](https://time.com/5446094/rihanna-trump-cease-and-desist/) after learning that her music was being played at his political rallies. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5644171/rihanna-donald-trump-tweet-mass-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5644171/rihanna-donald-trump-tweet-mass-shooting/"},"headline":"Rihanna Criticizes Trump's Response to Mass Shootings","datePublished":"2019-08-05T17:15:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:48.394Z","description":"\"Imagine a world where it's easier to get an AK-47 than a visa\"","url":"https://time.com/5644171/rihanna-donald-trump-tweet-mass-shooting/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f2ea18a3c1dc36a/698a00ec656a3f7f01bd8b19/rihanna-donald-trump-tweet-gun-control.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f2ea18a3c1dc36a/698a00ec656a3f7f01bd8b19/rihanna-donald-trump-tweet-gun-control.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-BET-AWARDS-SHOW","caption":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-BET-AWARDS-SHOW","creditText":"JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX—AFP/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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5644171/rihanna-donald-trump-tweet-mass-shooting/","name":"Rihanna Criticizes Trump's Response to Mass Shootings"}}]}] ```