Worse Than NBC Firing - Carlos Slim scraps project with Donald Trump after Mexico insults

[kpete]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A television company controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has canceled a project with real estate developer and TV personality Donald Trump after his comments insulting Mexicans, Slim's spokesman said on Monday.

This is the third company to cut ties with Trump, who is seeking the Republican nomination for the November 2016 presidential election. NBC said earlier on Monday that it would no longer air the "Miss USA" and "Miss Universe" pageants due to his comments. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision [UVN.UL] also said on Thursday it would not air the "Miss USA" pageant.

Ora TV, a production company co-founded by Slim and TV personality Larry King and funded by America Movil , canceled a program it was working on with some of Trump's companies, Slim's spokesman and son-in-law Arturo Elias said.

"His statement was totally out of line...working with someone so closed-minded was not going to work," Elias said, adding that the comments were racist

http://news.yahoo.com/carlos-slim-scraps-project-donald-trump-mexico-insults-003030490--finance.html?soc_src=mediacontentsharebuttons&soc_trk=tw

[madokie]

1. Good

fuck tRump and the squirrel or whatever it is on his head

[Ilsa]

2. Donald does not work well or play nicely with others.

I hope he's already spent the projected cashflow from those projects.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Poor The Donald.

He is discovering the hard way that all those racists beliefs he has been harboring are best kept in the privacy of tight circles. It must be problematic for him now, because you can't grow your money these days without reaching out to the global community.

I feel so sad for him.








NOT!

[vinny9698]

4. This just shows how incompetent is the Donald

Business 101 do not alienate your customer base or partners.
The only reason Trump every made it, was because of his dad. His dad set him up and he still failed. Dad had to bail him out on his first real estate deal. Donald told his investors that his dad was going to insure the investment. His dad told me he was on his own and not to involve him. Once it blew up, dad had to come in and bail him out, because his name would be mud in other investments.

[dixiegrrrrl]

30. Rate he is going, by this time next year he should be in a cardboard box on the street.

I cannot understand how he still has any businesses left.

[awoke_in_2003]

31. He is probably the only person in history

to lose money running a casino.

[think]

5. It would seem that Trump needs to work a bit on that diplomacy thingy..../nt

[underpants]

10. Sí

[Sheepshank]

6. And yet he polls as second in likely GOP POTUS candidates

tell me how the constituency that would vote for him are not bigots looking for a POTUS to validate their hatred of their fellow man?

[underpants]

9. They love belligerence and worship authority

Donald us a belligerent SOB but they love it. He also was a regular Minday morning call-in to Fox & Friends so the groundwork was laid with that crowd.

Christie getting in brings actual authority into the picture. A sitting Gov (not an ex like Perry) not a Senator, etc. this should be interesting to watch.

[Sheepshank]

16. The Christie should do very well too n/t

[samsingh]

7. this will hurt the donald. and slim is far richer than the idiot

[samsingh]

8. slim is reported to be worth 72.9 billion $

trump is gnat compared to him.

[MynameisBlarney]

11. Schadenfreude overload!

Also.

[UTUSN]

12. R#21 & K for, and the TRUMPster regards himself as a business wiz *why*?!1 Doesn't grasp concept. nt

[vkkv]

13. Estás Despedido!

ти звільнений!
คุณถูกไล่ออก!
tu es viré!
máš padáka!
wewe ni fired!
jūs esat atlaists!
jesteś zwolniony!
je bent ontslagen!
انت مطرود!

[olddots]

14. I think Trump is trying to start a war

N.T.

[truebluegreen]

15. Ouch. That's gonna leave a mark.

Carlos Slim really is really, really rich--unlike the Donald.

[rurallib]

26. in his wallet where he will feel it

the thing about free speech is that someone may disagree with what you say and do something about it.

[truebluegreen]

28. Yup. For someone like Trump,

'tis best not to alienate his backers. Oops, too late.

[Ineeda]

17. Has Macy's dropped him yet?

It would be great marketing to drop Trump, because he's a blowhard and a bully and a bigot whose merchandise is manufactured outside of the country he wants to lead. But they could also set a 'Made in the USA' standard.

[SoapBox]

18. Ohhhhh...

Maybe time for a little comment campaign!

Drop him or we won't shop!

[SCantiGOP]

19. I still think Trump doesn't run

One, he will have to give detailed financial info and everyone will find out that his net worth is less than half of what he has been claiming, and
Two, this will start costing him serious money.
But, I really, really hope he does run. He will be as big an asset to the Dems as crazy Sarah was.

[Gothmog]

20. Trump is making enemies all over the place

[3catwoman3]

21. How does one say...

..."jackass" in Spanish? And is there a Spanish equivalent for schadenfreude?

[KamaAina]

23. !Pendejo!

And I think the Germans have cornered the market on schadenfreude.

[3catwoman3]

24. Thanks.

And how does one get the inverted question marks and exclamation points, and the "squiggle n" using a regular keyboard?

[KamaAina]

25. Dunno about the exclamatiobn point.

In MS Word, the tildes (squiggles) and accents are made by Ctrl+the symbol (for tilde, Ctrl+Shift+ tilde/backwards accent, in the upper left, then the letter it goes over, in this case n. The trick doe snot work within DU, though.

[KamaAina]

22. The Ego is going to have a tough time finding a Spanish-language broadcaster

for his pageants. Univision's main competitor, Telemundo, is owned by... wait for it... NBC.

That laves MundoFox, which is certainly a better fit ideologically , but is the new kid on the block.

[Calista241]

27. I'm sensing another bankruptcy in Donald's future.

[Oilwellian]

29. Donald, you're fired!

[Cha]

32. Muchas Gracias!