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NY Daily News: “What happened to the girl from Colombia is devastating,” Trump...told Matt Lauer ...on the Today show...“To give it to her for a couple of minutes and then take it away--I would recommend that they go have a beautiful ceremony, which is good for the brand and good for Miss Universe, and do a co-winner. I think something like that could work.”
Trump tweeted on Monday morning..."Very sad what happened last night at the Miss Universe Pageant. I sold it 6 months ago for a record price. This would never have happened!”...That’s a different tune from the night before, however, when he tweeted out, “@MissUniverse final 3 on now. Great people, great new owner @IMG. WATCH.”
“You know, things happen, it’s live television, and the new owners are tremendous people,” he said (to Lauer)...(He) didn’t point the finger at Miss Universe host Steve Harvey, who took full responsibility for the on-air blunder. “It was a tough event, and you know what? Steve Harvey is a terrific guy, and things like this do happen,” Trump said.
Trump tweeted on Monday morning..."Very sad what happened last night at the Miss Universe Pageant. I sold it 6 months ago for a record price. This would never have happened!”...That’s a different tune from the night before, however, when he tweeted out, “@MissUniverse final 3 on now. Great people, great new owner @IMG. WATCH.”
“You know, things happen, it’s live television, and the new owners are tremendous people,” he said (to Lauer)...(He) didn’t point the finger at Miss Universe host Steve Harvey, who took full responsibility for the on-air blunder. “It was a tough event, and you know what? Steve Harvey is a terrific guy, and things like this do happen,” Trump said.
That's as nasty as he got? Considering that Trump would have had every right to pile on the pageant, no one would have blamed him for running a victory lap with cleats on:
USA Today: Univision, the leading Spanish-language network, announced Thursday it's dumping Trump's Miss Universe pageant because of his "offensive remarks about Mexican immigrants."
Trump, who announced last week he is running for president as a Republican, said in his kick-off speech that, if elected, he planned to build a "great wall" on the border and make Mexico pay for it because Mexico is "sending" immigrants who are rapists, drug dealers and criminals.
This did not go down well at Univision, which serves millions of Mexican and Mexican-American viewers. "We will not be airing the Miss USA pageant on July 12th or working on any other projects tied to the Trump Organization," the network said on its website.
Trump, who announced last week he is running for president as a Republican, said in his kick-off speech that, if elected, he planned to build a "great wall" on the border and make Mexico pay for it because Mexico is "sending" immigrants who are rapists, drug dealers and criminals.
This did not go down well at Univision, which serves millions of Mexican and Mexican-American viewers. "We will not be airing the Miss USA pageant on July 12th or working on any other projects tied to the Trump Organization," the network said on its website.
Maybe he's finally starting to listen to advice from his presidential campaign advisers to tone it down. Maybe he sees it as a way to mend fences with Hispanics. Whatever Trump's motivation, I'm sure the pageant is relieved that he's left such a relatively light footprint!
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