Donald Trump is in a huge, beyond-ugly feud with the highly successful Latino media giant, Univision.
And the nature of this feud is showing why Mr. Trump is a successful businessman, but a joke of a presidential candidate.
To explain: Mr. Trump made some highly insulting comments about Mexico – both its government and the kind of people who are streaming into the United States from there. His exact words:
“The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else\’s problems. When Mexico sends its people, they\’re not sending their best…They\’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they\’re bringing those problems with us. They\’re bringing drugs. They\’re bringing crime. They\’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
Regardless of your opinion about the tidal wave of Mexican (and central American) illegals streaming over our border, you have to admit those words are very insulting.
(But I do love that “And some, I assume, are good people” line at the end. It reminds me of a technique comedian Bobby Slayton uses, in which he attacks someone or something, usually in as nasty and profane a way as possible, and ends by saying “and I only mean that in the nicest way”. Gets a big laugh every time.)
It isn\’t hard to understand, therefore, why the Mexican government is less than taken with what Trump had to say. And, predictably, it has made itself very clear about its displeasure…
…which doesn\’t bother me a bit. Forgetting presidential politics for a moment, I have no problem with Mexico getting a tongue-lashing from Donald Trump.
Maybe as the Mexican government cries out in righteous anger, it would like to explain why 10% of its entire population – that is NOT a typo or exaggeration – has fled Mexico to live in the USA. Why does the Mexican government treat its citizens so badly that so many of them leave – not just legal emigres, but millions and millions of illegals who find it far more palatable to live in the shadows here than in the sunlight as full citizens of their native country.
(Don\’t expect to hear much about that from the Mexican Government, though – and certainly not from our mainstream media. No no no. It\’s not nice to talk about….or something.)
Anyway, Univision, upset by Donald Trump\’s comments (it is all in for Hillary Clinton), and almost certainly pressured by Mexico, decided to do something about it. The network declared that its five year deal to air the Donald Trump-run Miss Universe Pageant – which runs in just a couple of weeks – is now null and void.
Trump, however, says that he has an ironclad contract for the show to air, and will sue Univision to make sure it upholds its end of that deal.
And just in case you think that is where the controversy ends/Donald Trump would consider the lawsuit enough of a reaction…
…Trump sent the following letter to Univision\’s CEO
Wow. That, folks, is no love letter.
FYI Trump\’s reference to the gate is relevant, because Univision\’s Miami offices are right next to the Trump golf course.
The bottom line? You do not mess with The Donald. He is all about immediate action and immediate retribution.
How can he do this? Because he is in charge. He is the man. He is the king of his castle, and it is a big, big castle.
Now: how do you figure this same style, which has served Donald Trump so well for so many years, applies to the Presidency of the United States?
What happens when Mr. Trump is told that he can\’t just make policy by blasting off at whoever offended him this morning? That he can\’t alienate other governments – even governments that could use a tongue-lashing – and expect to get anything done in the international arena?
As I said at the beginning: he is one helluva hardnosed, get-it-done businessman. But, as a presidential candidate? You\’re kidding, right?
