– Trump defiant –
Trump, who has stood by his statements on Mexican immigrants, accused his former business partners of pandering to special interests.
“I have decided to terminate my relationship with Macy’s because of the pressure being put on them by outside sources,” Trump said.
“Both Macy’s and NBC totally caved at the first sight of potential difficulty with special interest groups who are nothing more than professional agitators, who are not looking out for the people they purport to represent, but only for themselves.”
Trump also said he was “never satisfied” with the Macy’s deal because the shirts and ties are made in China.
“Should I start a new product line somewhere in the future, I would insist that they are made in America,” he said.
The stampede away from Trump has called into question the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, which are co-owned by the tycoon.
The rapper Flo Rida and Natalie La Rose, the Dutch-born singer and dancer who often collaborates with him, have dropped plans to perform at the Miss USA pageant scheduled on July 12 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a representative for the artists said Wednesday.
The scheduled co-hosts of the pageant – Cheryl Burke, who is best known for the show “Dancing with the Stars,” and television journalist Thomas Roberts – have also quit.
Univision, the top Spanish-language network in the United States, earlier said it would not broadcast Miss USA or Miss Universe.
Miss Mexico Wendolly Esparza – who studied journalism in the United States – said that when she felt that going to Miss Universe would “affect my values and the values of Mexicans, the best decision was not to participate.”
“The biggest crown for Mexico is its dignity,” she told Radio Formula.
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