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onservative business giant Donald Trump appeared on Fox News to give his two cents about the Donald Sterling scandal.
Although Trump did describe Sterling's comments as "horrible" and "disgusting," he also took up a new angle, calling girlfriend V. Stivianowhose lawyer has denied that she released the audio of Sterling's racist rantthe "girlfriend from hell."
"It's terrible, he got set up by a very, very bad girlfriend," Trump told his hosts on the news station when asked his opinion about the situation. "Let's face it: That whole thing isshe's called the girlfriend from hell."
The billionaire accused Stivianowho is half blackof setting up the Clippers owner by making a private conversation public. Host Brian Kilmeade had pointed out that some had taken Sterling's side because of that, and because Stiviano was "baiting him."
"It's so bad," Trump agreed. "She was baiting him, and she's a terrible human being. And he gave horrible answers, and disgusting answers. You're right, it's a private conversation. But it became very public.
"He could be pretty much out of it in terms of his whole mentality," Trump added, when another co-host, Steve Doocy, said that Sterling had asked his girlfriend to record what he was saying because he was forgetful. "The way she led him along. He should know, if he were there, if he was with it, he would know after one or two of those questions that she was answering and asking that there's something going on here.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/04/donald_trump_goes_after_very_very_bad_girlfriend_for_baiting_donald_sterling.html
Auggie
(31,172 posts)Trump = Asshole
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)the benefit of the doubt...it's like the tapes confirmed what people already knew.
Auggie
(31,172 posts)you had to be closer to him to know up until the TMZ story broke.
BTW
+1,000,000 on those rescues.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Also, he doesn't sound like a likeable guy at all...only Donald Trump is defending him!
louis-t
(23,295 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,361 posts)... before he can be responsible for his own words?
Trump would seem to want us to believe that this young girlfriend is so much more intelligent that the man was a mere puppet to her whims. That's kind of far fetched. Does Trump see himself as being this stupid and easily manipulated? Is this projection on his part?
MissMillie
(38,559 posts)I mean really
KT2000
(20,581 posts)sticks together no matter what.
Blue Owl
(50,383 posts)Right, Donald?
lame54
(35,292 posts)what she had to listen to everyday - and she just got sick of it
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)was used and why.
Lex
(34,108 posts)What you say in private is more revealing about who you are than what you say in public.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)Equating apples with oranges in an attempt to trivialize apples.
Like comparing an admittedly horrific black-on-white hate crime to centuries of systemic, bloody racism as though things were somehow "even" now.