Donald Trumphas broken his silence on the cancellation of supporterRoseanne Barr‘s eponymous ABC show.
After effusively praising Barr after her reboot was an immediate ratings success, he was notably silent afterher show was abruptly cancelled Tuesdayfollowing hershockingly racist tweetaimed at former Obama administration advisorValerie Jarrett.
But he finally spoke out Wednesday in a tweet — and focused on himself.
After the comedienne’s eponymous reboot premiered in March,Trump called Barr to congratulate her for her successful revivial, and thank her for a show “about us.”
“I called her yesterday. Look at her ratings! Look at her ratings!” Trump said in March while in Ohio to deliver a speech on infrastructure. “I got a call from Mark Burnett, he didThe Apprentice. He’s a great guy. He said, ‘Donald, I called just to say hello and to tell you did you see Roseanne’s ratings?’ I said, how big where they? They were unbelievable. Over 18 million people. And it was about us.”
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But since Barr’sAmbien-fueled Twitter rantbegan Monday night, Trump did not speak out — or tweet — about the cancellation until around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. He declined to bring it up during a Nashville rally Tuesday evening, although he did take time out to bash both Hillary Clinton and JAY-Z.
“The only way she [Clinton] filled up the arena was to get JAY-Z,”Trump told the crowd. “And his language was so filthy it made me look like the most clean-cut human being on Earth.”
“Look, as you know, the president has been extremely focused,” she said, before ticking off priorities including North Korea, the economy and rebuilding the military. “That’s what he’s spending his time on; not responding to other things.”
But Sanders did finally address the controversy during a White House press briefing on Wednesday, offering an explanation of sorts for Trump’s earlier tweet.
“The president’s simply calling out the media bias,” she said. “No one’s defending what she said. The president is the president of all Americans and he is focused on doing what is best for our country.”
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But eldest sonDonald Trump Jr.apparently did find the time to acknowledge Barr’s Twitter rant — and retweeted two bigoted messages regarding billionaire Democratic donor George Soros, including one message in which Barr called Soros a “nazi.”
source: people.com
