From the questionable Washington Post:
"Donald Trump scores with Miss Universe disaster
It was the moment that could have broken Donald Trump’s presidential ambitions: In June, he likened immigrants to rapists, prompting Univision to ditch his beauty pageants and NBC to cut ties with him.
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Trump, of course, survived what at first seemed like a campaign-ending gaffe — and has gone on to survive many more. “Mexican gov doesn’t want me talking about terrible border situation & horrible trade deals,” he said in a defiant tweet. “Forcing Univision to get me to stop — no way!”
But rhetoric is one thing. Could Trump successful(sic) spin the loss of a business deal valued at up to $25 million into political and financial victory in a campaign that, at the time, seemed merely whimsical?
It appears so. With the disastrous Miss Universe 2015 that just unfolded in Las Vegas, Trump won without even being onstage. Even a beauty pageant, it seemed, just couldn’t run smoothly without him around.
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“My friend, @AriEmanuel of @IMG, bought the Miss Universe pageants from me and they are on tonight on #Fox!” he wrote. “Tune in!”
Then came the perfect gaffe for Trump supporters to tweet and retweet ad infinitum. Co-host Steve Harvey — a usually unflappable comedian, talk-show host and author — anointed the wrong woman Miss Universe, crowning Miss Colombia instead of the judges’ intended, Miss Philippines.
“Still a great night,” Harvey said — though Miss Colombia might not have agreed as she was almost instantly dethroned. “Please don’t hold it against the ladies. Please don’t. We feel so badly. But it’s still a great night.”
“Where’s @realDonaldTrump when you need em?” one supporter noted. Another: “@realDonaldTrump must be overjoyed that as soon as he sells the pageant it goes off the rails. We need you Mr Trump!”
When it came to Harvey’s uncharacteristically amateurish goof, there was even room for a conspiracy theory.
“I think it was an orchestrated move,” one Twitter user wrote. “Major publicity for an event no one even knew was happening.”
Is @longfordbenny smarter than this relative unknown Washington Post writer?
The trainwreck Trump presidential campaign is great for business if you're a modern journalist; of course the Washington Post is going to bury the lede with loaded words like "Twitter conspiracy theory" when even this humble yinzer 6 beers deep from a riveting Steelers victory could see the tell-tale signs of a rigged reality show the minute stumbling Miss Australia inexplicably made the final 5 because of that sweet accent.
The smoking gun here is veteran game show host Steve Harvey's incredibly unnatural 'gaffe':
What the hell does 'don't blame the ladies' even mean? Exactly - Steve Harvey has been instructed to transparently get you, the viewer, to independently 'come to the conclusion' that Steve Harvey doesn't know how to read the winner of a beauty pageant from a card.
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Timeline of Events
- Faux Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump declares that the nation of Mexico is systematically choosing native rapists and drug dealers to export to the USA & is sneaking them across our border
- NBC & Univision pull support for Trump's popular reality shows and his beauty pageant, Miss Universe
- Trump 'sells' Miss Universe to his 'friend'
- Trump nominally has no hand in choosing Steve Harvey (??) to host Miss Universe after years of relative unknowns running the show: (link)
- Harvey announces Colombia as Miss Universe, stands around awkwardly, and then shortly after this poor woman is crowned, sashed and given a bouquet of flowers; Harvey begins an incredibly unnatural retraction and instead names Philippines the champion
Before last night's highly shareable gaffe, who was the most shareable Miss Universe host in the last 10 years? Mario Lopez?
When's the last time you heard everyone talking about Miss Universe? What is the first name you think of when you think of the Miss Universe pageant?
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