The 'Donald Trump's Paper Towel Toss' meme originated in October 2017 during a presidential visit to Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, following the devastation of Hurricane Maria. While visiting a relief distribution center, Trump was filmed tossing rolls of paper towels into a crowd of survivors in a manner resembling a basketball player shooting free throws. The footage quickly went viral, with critics viewing it as insensitive to the tragedy and supporters seeing it as a lighthearted moment of engagement. In meme culture, the template is primarily used to satirize 'band-aid' solutions to catastrophic problems or to depict someone confidently offering something entirely inadequate for the situation at hand.