Following GOP Presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s comments on Mexican immigrants, NBCUniversal decided to end their professional agreements with the businessman.
“At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values,” the company said in a statement on Monday. “Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump.”
In his presidential announcement, Trump angered Hispanics and human rights groups by commenting that, “when Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best…They’re sending people who have lots of problems. They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists, and some, I assume, are good people.”
Cutting ties with Trump means the Miss USA Pageant, scheduled to air July 12th, will no longer be shown on NBC. If relations are not resolved by January, the Miss Universe Pageant will not be held either.
“If NBC is so weak and so foolish to not understand the serious illegal immigration problem in the United States, coupled with the horrendous and unfair trade deals we are making with Mexico, then their contract violating closure of Miss Universe/Miss USA will be determined in court,” said Trump, hinting at a lawsuit.
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According to the haters at NBC Mr. Trump may have “angered Hispanics and civil rights groups” with his candid comments about the reckless disregard for U.S. immigration law promoted by equally reckless politicians.
However, NBC avoided mentioning how elated immigration and law enforcement advocates were to hear a presidential candidate actually make a serious issue about a national dilemma that the Democrats and many Republicans have encouraged over the past four decades.
I think Donald Trump would be the long overdue catalyst for change our nation’s political representation seriously needs if we are to remain a civilized society and a global economic power.
How about Donald Trump as president and Carly Fiorina as vice president? Just wondering.
That combo seems like a unique powerhouse…a powerhouse that would lead our nation back to the kind of nation we used to be proud of…that some of us even volunteered to fight for in combat…that most of us felt we were a part of…a nation that was once unified.
Jim Gilchrist, President, The Minuteman Project